Family Rhamnaceae, Buckthorn Family, משפחת אשחריים
Shrub or small tree; leaves, simple, alternate or opposite, usually serrated, and sometimes thorns; flowers, usually (but not always) bisexual, mostly regular; 4 to 5 sepals, 4 to 5 (sometimes o) petals, 4 to 5 stamens; stamens alternate with sepals and opposite petals; the ovary is positioned half-inferior and consists of 3 (sometimes 2 or 4) united carpels; fruit, a visibly three-parted capsule or berry with 1 seed per cell.
