This multi-branched, deciduous shrub thrives near rocks at a semi-mountainous altitude and above (900m), offering refuge to songbirds.
Its yellow flowers have a strong scent, thanks to the limonene and other terpenes in their volatile oils.
These flowers in the summer evolve into small dark-blue fleshy fruits, with an astringent taste yet they are marvellous as marmalade, while the bark and roots contain a bioactive alkaloid, which was used in dyeing natural threads.
Berberine, in controlled small amounts, is considered to have anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, cholagogue and antimalarial effects.
Thus, it is often studied for its traditional, ethnobotanical applications in the Mediterranean region, since it has spread as far as Mount Olympus and Southwest Turkey.
This multi-branched, deciduous shrub thrives near rocks at a semi-mountainous altitude and above (900m), offering refuge to songbirds.
Its yellow flowers have a strong scent, thanks to the limonene and other terpenes in their volatile oils.
These flowers in the summer evolve into small dark-blue fleshy fruits, with an astringent taste yet they are marvellous as marmalade, while the bark and roots contain a bioactive alkaloid, which was used in dyeing natural threads.
Berberine, in controlled small amounts, is considered to have anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, cholagogue and antimalarial effects.
Thus, it is often studied for its traditional, ethnobotanical applications in the Mediterranean region, since it has spread as far as Mount Olympus and Southwest Turkey.
This multi-branched, deciduous shrub thrives near rocks at a semi-mountainous altitude and above (900m), offering refuge to songbirds.
Its yellow flowers have a strong scent, thanks to the limonene and other terpenes in their volatile oils.
These flowers in the summer evolve into small dark-blue fleshy fruits, with an astringent taste yet they are marvellous as marmalade, while the bark and roots contain a bioactive alkaloid, which was used in dyeing natural threads.
Berberine, in controlled small amounts, is considered to have anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, cholagogue and antimalarial effects.
Thus, it is often studied for its traditional, ethnobotanical applications in the Mediterranean region, since it has spread as far as Mount Olympus and Southwest Turkey.
This multi-branched, deciduous shrub thrives near rocks at a semi-mountainous altitude and above (900m), offering refuge to songbirds.
Its yellow flowers have a strong scent, thanks to the limonene and other terpenes in their volatile oils.
These flowers in the summer evolve into small dark-blue fleshy fruits, with an astringent taste yet they are marvellous as marmalade, while the bark and roots contain a bioactive alkaloid, which was used in dyeing natural threads.
Berberine, in controlled small amounts, is considered to have anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, cholagogue and antimalarial effects.
Thus, it is often studied for its traditional, ethnobotanical applications in the Mediterranean region, since it has spread as far as Mount Olympus and Southwest Turkey.
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