Shrubs or small trees, 1–2 m; secondary branches gray, not pruinose, glabrous, thorn-tipped, axillary thorns solitary or paired and unequal, with 1–3 nodes, bearing several short shoots and often small tertiary thorns; stipular spines absent. Leaves deciduous, alternate, sometimes fascicled; blade dark green, oblong-elliptic to elliptic-ovate or elliptic-obovate, 0.5–1 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate to slightly attenuate, margins entire, apex rounded to shallowly emarginate, surfaces glabrous; 1-veined. Inflorescences fascicles on short shoots, 2–4-flowered, or flowers solitary. Flowers: hypanthium and sepals greenish; petals white. Drupes yellow, orange, or brownish, globose to ovoid or oblong, 10 mm.
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A shrub. The fruit are small and yellow.
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