Shrubs or trees, 40–60 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth not recorded, 1-year old dark purplish, older gray; thorns on twigs ± straight, 2-years old dark purple, fine, 2–4 cm. Leaves: petiole ?very slender, 0.5 mm wide?, length ca. equal to or 50–66% blade, sparsely hairy or glabrous, slightly glandular or eglandular; blade ovate to deltate-ovate, (2–)3–4 cm, ?thin?, base broadly rounded to nearly truncate or subcordate, lobes 1–3 per side ?obscure?, sinuses shallow, lobe apex subacute, margins sharply serrate nearly to base, veins 3 per side, apex acuminate, abaxial surface sparsely to ± densely hairy on veins, adaxial variable scabrous, glabrescent. Inflorescences 3–8-flowered; branches glabrous or sparsely villous; bracteoles not recorded. ?Pedicels glabrous or ± tomentose young?. Flowers 15–18 mm diam.; hypanthium not seen; sepal length not recorded, margins glandular-serrate or subentire; stamens 20, anthers pink or rose to rose-purple; styles 3 or 4. Pomes green until late, becoming bright red, obovoid to pyriform, 8–15 mm diam., glabrous; ?flesh hard?; sepals on collar, strongly reflexed; pyrenes 3 or 4.
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