Shrubs or trees, 40–80 dm. Stems: ?older trunks usually bearing compound thorns?; twigs: new growth reddish green, glabrous, 1-year old dark, shiny red-brown, 2–3-years old becoming dark gray, older ± paler gray; thorns on twigs numerous, usually recurved, shiny, 1-year old dark blackish brown, stout, 3–6(–8) cm. Leaves: petiole 1–2 cm, ?narrowly winged distally?, glabrous, eglandular; blade rhombic-elliptic to broadly rhombic-ovate or elliptic, 4–7 cm ?widest near middle?, subcoriaceous mature (then often blue-green), base cuneate (constricted), lobes 3–5 per side, obscure to well-marked, sinuses shallow, lobe apex usually subacute to obtuse, margins serrate except proximally, veins 6–8 per side, ?impressed?, apex acute to subacute, rarely obtuse, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial scabrate-pubescent young. Inflorescences 15–30-flowered; branches pubescent or glabrous; bracteoles linear, ?1.7 cm?, margins glandular. Flowers 12–17 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous or pubescent; sepals narrowly triangular, 4–6 mm, margins glandular-serrate to glandular-laciniate, abaxially glabrous, adaxial pubescence not recorded; stamens 20, anthers usually red or pink, rarely white, ?0.5–0.7 mm?; styles 2 or 3. Pomes bright or deep red, lustrous, suborbicular, (4–)7–10(–14) mm diam., glabrous, rarely pubescent; ?flesh mealy or succulent mature?; sepals spreading-reflexed; pyrenes 2 or 3, sides pitted. 2n = 51.
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A shrub. It can be a tree with several stems. It grows to 6-8 m high. It has dark twigs and thorns. The leaves are 3-8 cm long. They have shallow lobes. There are small, sharp teeth. The leaf stalks have grooves above and wings. The thorns are stout and up to 8 cm long. They are black and glossy. The flowers are white. The fruit are glossy and red. They are 6-8 mm across.
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