Ruscus aculeatus, Butcher's Broom, Sweet Broom - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Butcher's Broom, Sweet Broom, Knee-Holly, Jew's Myrtle

Botanical name & synonyms: Ruscus aculeatus, Oxymyrsine pungens, Ruscus aculeatus f. pumilus, Ruscus aculeatus subsp. laxus, Ruscus aculeatus var. angustifolius, Ruscus flexuosus, Ruscus laxus, Ruscus parasiticus, Ruscus ponticus

Family: (Asparagaceae)

• native to Mediterranean region and South West Asia
  

• evergreen shrub
  

• 30 to 100cm
  

• flower II to IV
  

• medicinal plant
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 333,3 gram