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Berberis libanotica
Cretan Barberry (Berberis libanotica) is a spiny shrub native to high mountains of Lebanon and Syria, growing between about 1,600 and 2,200 m. It is rarely grown in gardens, and its wild populations are declining.
Berberis libanotica is a species of plant in the family Berberidaceae. It is a spiny shrub native to Lebanon and Syria.
It is native to the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains of Lebanon and adjacent Syria, including the eastern slope of Hermon. It grows at elevations of 1,600 and 2,200 m (5,200 and 7,200 ft) above sea level.
It is a medicinal plant well known to the Lebanese, who make use of the solution obtained by maceration of its roots in tepid water for treating certain liver and gall bladder diseases. The investigation of its active agents was the topic of a doctorate dissertation in pharmacy submitted by J. Ades in 1948 at the French Faculty of Medicine, Beirut.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
