Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

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  Erscheinungsbild

  The Butcher's Broom is a small shrub with shoots that look like leaves. Its berries contain saponine. Drugs based on Butcher's Broom are used to treat muscular cramps in the calf muscles, varicose veins and haemorrhoids.

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  Blätter

  Evergreen, spine-tipped flat shoots that look like leaves, approx. 2 cm long. The actual leaves are small, triangular and scaly.

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  Blatt Oberseite

  Evergreen, spine-tipped flat shoots that look like leaves, approx. 2 cm long. The actual leaves are small, triangular and scaly.

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  Blatt Unterseite

  Evergreen, spine-tipped flat shoots that look like leaves, approx. 2 cm long. The actual leaves are small, triangular and scaly.

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  Blüten

  Flowering period: III to IV. Green flowers.

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  Früchte

  Round red, later black fruit.

Anwendung

Open country, open fields, public areas, parks, urban areas, roadside verges, kitchen gardens, front gardens, container plants

Heimatgebiete

Mediterranean regions, Turkey

Standortparameter

Light: off-sun to semi-shady; soil: fresh to moist; soil structure: heavy to normal; soil depth: shallow to very deep; humus concentration: low to high, pH value: moderately acid to slightly alkaline; nutrient concentration: low to high; soil: fresh to moist.

Ansprüche

Urban climate: resistant; does not tolerate stagnant moisture and compaction.

Frosthärte

down to 0 C°

unknown

Height of growth: 0.3 to 0.8 m. Dense, upright bushy shrub.

Blätter

Evergreen, spine-tipped flat shoots that look like leaves, approx. 2 cm long. The actual leaves are small, triangular and scaly.

Blüten

Flowering period: III to IV. Green flowers.

Früchte

Round red, later black fruit.