Shrubs, sometimes suckering, ?much branched?, 5–10(–20) dm, thorny. Twigs with axillary end buds, hairy. Leaves deciduous; petiole 3–6 mm, hairy on adaxial surface, sometimes glandular distally, glands 1–2, ?discoid?; blade elliptic, 0.8–2.5 × 0.4–1.3 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins crenulate-serrulate in distal 1/2, nearly entire on smaller leaves, teeth blunt, glandular, apex obtuse to rounded, mucronate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences solitary flowers. Pedicels 0–3 mm, glabrous. Flowers ?usually bisexual with some staminate flowers on same plant?, blooming before leaf emergence; hypanthium campanulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous externally; sepals erect to spreading, ovate, 1–1.5 mm, margins entire, ?ciliate?, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial hairy; petals white, elliptic, 2 mm; ovaries glabrous. Drupes reddish, ovoid, 12–25 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy; stones ovoid, ± flattened.
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