Re: Coffee Berry -Rhamnus californica

jaknelson@shastalink.k12.ca.us writes:
> I haven't eaten the berries; another Rhamnus, R. purshiana,
>is the source of "chittam" bark, commercially collected along the
>Pacific
>coast and processed into a laxative.  So it would make sense that
>coffeeberry has similar properties.

Well, 'tis a good thing I can't stand more than three of those berries
:). Anyway, in the garden it has much more use for its foliage than its
berries (although, they do go from green to re to black as they ripen).
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