Shrubs or trees, 40–60 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth reddish green, glabrous, 1-year old deep red-brown, 2-years old dark gray-black, older grayish; thorns on twigs ?sometimes absent?, straight or slightly recurved, 2-years old blackish, slender, 2–4 cm. Leaves: petiole ?1 mm wide?, length 33–40% blade, glabrous, sparsely glandular; blade ?deep glossy green?, ± elliptic (var. padifolia) or ovate (var. incarnata), 3–5 cm, base cuneate or broadly cuneate to rounded or subtruncate, lobes 0, or 3 or 4 per side (enlarged toothlike apiculi in var. padifolia or larger in var. incarnata), sinuses shallow, lobe apex very short and acute to ± obtuse, margins serrate at least young ?teeth gland-tipped?, teeth gland-tipped, veins 4–7 per side, apex subacute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous, adaxial larger veins sparsely short-hairy. Inflorescences 3–6-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteole margins stipitate-glandular. Flowers 15–18 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; sepals 4 mm, margins finely glandular-serrate distally, ?abaxially glabrous?; stamens 10, anthers cream, flushed pink; styles 2 or 3. Pomes dull orange-brown to ± shiny, red-orange to red, ± oblong, 12–14 mm diam., glabrous; sepals sessile, patent-reflexed; pyrenes 2 or 3. 2n = 51.
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