Hippophae rhamnoides

Hippophae rhamnoides
Common sea buckthorn shrub
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Genus: Hippophae
Species:
H. rhamnoides
Binomial name
Hippophae rhamnoides
Synonyms
  • Argussiera rhamnoides (L.) Bubani
  • Elaeagnus rhamnoides (L.) A.Nelson
  • Hippophaes rhamnoideum (L.) St.-Lag.
  • Rhamnoides hippophae Moench
  • Osyris rhamnoides (L.) Scop.

Hippophae rhamnoides, also known as sea buckthorn,: 277  sandthorn, sallowthorn or seaberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, native to cold-temperate regions of Eurasia. It is a spiny deciduous shrub. The plant is used in the food and cosmetics industries, in traditional medicine, as animal fodder, in horticulture, and for ecological purposes.

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