Berchemia

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Berchemia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/berchemia/). Accessed 2026-09-05.

Family

Rhamnaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

alternate: Attached singly along the axis not in pairs or whorls.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Berchemia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/berchemia/). Accessed 2026-09-05.

Berchemia floribunda (grown as Berchemia racemosa) at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France. 8 August 2024. Image John Anderson.

A genus of deciduous, unarmed climbers or shrubs, with alternate leaves prominently and numerously parallel-veined. Flowers small, with five sepals and five petals, and not ornamental. Fruit fleshy, with a two-celled stone. Five species have been introduced: one American, the others Asiatic. They like a good, moist soil and can be propagated by cuttings. Allied to Zizyphus and Paliurus, both of which differ in having three-nerved leaves.

Berchemia lineata at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. 24 September 2011. Image John Anderson.

Berchemia scandens in flower at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. 5 October 2022. Image John Anderson.

Berchemia giraldiana at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. 15 June 2008. Image John Anderson.

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