Shrubs or trees, 40–70 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth reddish green, 1-year old usually deep chestnut; thorns on twigs ± straight, 2-years old very dark, usually slender, 2–5 cm. Leaves: petiole length 25–30% blade, sparsely sessile-glandular; blade broadly oblong to ovate, 5–8 cm, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, lobes 0, or 1 or 2 per side, sinuses shallow, lobe apex acuminate young, obtuse later, margins dentate, ?teeth acute to acuminate?, veins 5–7 per side, apex acute to acuminate ?angle from widest lobe to tip ca. 90°?, adaxial midvein sparsely long-hairy young. Inflorescences 5–8-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteoles caducous, ?numerous, hyaline to greenish?, narrowly oblanceolate to linear, membranous, margins densely glandular. Flowers 15–20 mm diam.; sepals narrowly triangular, length not recorded, margins finely glandular, ?abaxially glabrous?; anthers pink to purplish, sometimes cream; styles 3 or 4. Pomes greenish yellow to yellow, sometimes reddish, suborbicular, 8–10 mm diam.; sepals spreading or erose; pyrenes 3–5.
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