RutaceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Cneorum tricoccum L.
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- Common Name:
- Family: Rutaceae Juss.
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- Habitat:
- Description: Pale gray-green leaves and 3 petalled bright yellow flowers about 6mm across, followed by 3-sided, brownish red fruit that ripens to black. Multi-stemmed from ground level, it grows to 2-4 feet high and flowers in summer. Leaves and fruit are used locally as a purgative but it is not common outside of its native western Mediterranean habitat.
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 199200444
- Source: Univ of Bonn Bot. Garden
- Accession Date: 03-24-1992
- Bench: 1204 - AUS:China/Taiwan A
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-19-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Sapindales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Rutaceae
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References:Plants For A Future Website Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
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