Frangula betulifolia (Greene) Grubov

Shrubs or small trees, 1–4 m. Stems brown to gray-brown, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves deciduous; petiole (2–)5–16 mm; blade yellowish green abaxially, green adaxially, elliptic to oblong, elliptic-ovate or narrowly ovate, (4–)4.5–10 x (2–)2.5–5.5 cm, 1.6–2.6(–2.9) times longer than wide, ± herbaceous, base obtuse to truncate or rounded, margins serrate to subcrenate, apex usually acute to obtuse, sometimes slightly acuminate, both surfaces hirtellous, glabrescent; secondary veins (8–)9–13 pairs. Inflorescences umbels, pedunculate, 2–20(–38)-flowered. Pedicels 3–7 mm. Stigmas 3-lobed. Drupes black, globose, 5–10 mm; stones (2–)3(–4).

It is a temperate plant.