Hippophae rhamnoides
| Hippophae rhamnoides | |
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| Common sea buckthorn shrub | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Rosids | 
| Order: | Rosales | 
| Family: | Elaeagnaceae | 
| Genus: | Hippophae | 
| Species: | H. rhamnoides | 
| Binomial name | |
| Hippophae rhamnoides | |
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Hippophae rhamnoides, also known as sea buckthorn,: 277 sandthorn, sallowthorn or seaberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, native to cold-temperate regions of Eurasia. It is a spiny deciduous shrub. The plant is used in the food and cosmetics industries, in traditional medicine, as animal fodder, in horticulture, and for ecological purposes.