Gymnosporia linearis (L.F.) Loes.

Shrub or tree, up to 6 m high, with few thorns. Branchlets terete. Leaves alternate, rarely fascicled, leathery, glaucous-green; lamina linear or narrowly lanceolate, 25-90 x 1-2 mm, apex acute or obtuse, base cuneate, margins entire, sometimes denticulate; only midrib and lateral veins conspicuous; petioles 2-3 mm long. Inflorescences shorter than leaves. Flowers yellow or greenish, sweetly scented. Sepals deltoid, ± 0.5 mm long, margins ciliate. Petals oblong-ovate, ± 2 mm long, margins ciliate. Male flowers: stamens slightly shorter than petals. Female flowers: staminodes shorter than stamens of male flowers; ovary 2-locular; stigma 2-branched. Fruit a 2-valved, globose capsule, 2-4 mm long, chestnut-brown, mucronate, smooth. Seeds partially enveloped by white aril.