Sageretia horrida Pax & K.Hoffm.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Sageretia

Characteristics

Shrubs erect, ca. 3 m tall. Branchlets short, with red-brown spines, sparsely pubescent when young, glabrous when old. Leaves alternate or subopposite, or fascicled at base of inflorescence; petiole 1-2 mm, sparsely puberulent; leaf blade obovate or oblong, 0.5-2(-2.5) × 0.4-1.4 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent when young, adaxially shiny, lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs, prominent abaxially, base rounded, rarely cuneate, margin entire or serrulate, apex rounded, often emarginate. Flowers sessile, yellow-green, in spikes, or rarely in spicate panicles; rachis sparsely puberulent, inserted at middle or lower part of spinescent branches or at leaf axil on short shoots. Calyx glabrous; sepals triangular-ovate, apex acute. Petals shorter than or equaling stamens, apically 2-lobed or entire. Ovary globose, 3-loculed, with 1 ovule per locule; style stout; stigma capitate, 3-fid or cleft. Drupe black-purple when mature, subglobose. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Apr-Jun of following year.
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Sageretia horrida world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:718787-1
WFO ID wfo-0001131480
COL ID 4TYDN
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Synonyms

Sageretia horrida