Rhamnella
Rhamnella franguloides
Rhamnella is a genus of the family of the buckthorn family ( Rhamnaceae ). It includes about ten species native to Asia.
Description
Rhamnella are evergreen shrubs or small trees, whose leaves are arranged opposite one another.
The flowers are as terminal or achselbürtige, umbel- shaped, compressed cymes. The flower cup is cup - to cup-shaped. The sepals are keeled achszugewandt. The intergrown either with the flower cups or this filling Diskus is of a conspicuous figure. The ovary is half inferior. The fruits are drupes with one stone einfächrigen core. The endocarp is extremely hard and incomplete one or zweifächrig.
Distribution and systematics
The Rhamnella include about ten species and are located in central China, Korea and Japan. In the Himalayas they are found at altitudes of up to 3000 meters. The genus was first described in 1867 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel. Within the buckthorn plants it is classified in the tribe Rhamneae. The types include:
- Rhamnella franguloides
- Rhamnella gilgitica