Rhamnaceae
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Distribution: Worldwide,
but more common in the subtropical and tropical regions.
Economic Uses: As cultivated
ornamentals and as the source of many brilliant dyes of green
and yellow. Fruits form some species as used medicinally as a
laxative, the leaves as wound dressings and as a treatment for
cholera.
Defining
Features of Interest: The family has
many characters in common with the Vitaceae.
Fossil Evidence: Fossil
leaves in the Eocene.
