Olive Buckthorn

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Rhamnus oleoides

Olive Buckthorn, a reference photo
Photo: User:Xemenendura · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Rhamnus oleoides, known as the olive buckthorn, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae, native from the Mediterranean to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Olive Buckthorn being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rhamnaceae
Genus
Rhamnus
Species
Rhamnus oleoides

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