Common Names - Buckthorn Family | Synonyms - |
Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 58 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 900 |
Plant forms - Trees, Shrubs, some lianes | |
World Distribution - Cosmopolitan esp. in tropical and warm climates. Worldwide distribution, but are more common in the subtropical and tropical regions | |
Comments - Trees & Shrubs, sometimes lianoide. The wood of Rhamnus was also the most favoured species to make charcoal for use in gunpowder |