Sageretia paucicostata Maxim.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Sageretia paucicostata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/sageretia/sageretia-paucicostata/). Accessed 2024-10-10.

Genus

Sageretia

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

alternate: Attached singly along the axis not in pairs or whorls.
axillary: Situated in an axil.
drupe: A fleshy dehiscent or indehiscent fruit with one to several seeds each enclosed in a hard endocarp (the stone).
glabrous: Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
midrib: midveinCentral and principal vein in a leaf.
ovate: Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Sageretia paucicostata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/sageretia/sageretia-paucicostata/). Accessed 2024-10-10.

A freely branching deciduous shrub up to 10 ft high; young shoots long and slender, glabrous, grooved, pale grey, armed with short, stiff, spine-tipped, axillary, leafy branches. Leaves alternate, elliptical to ovate, pointed, tapered at the base, minutely toothed, 1⁄2 to 2 in. long, 1⁄4 to 3⁄4 in. wide, glabrous, veins prominent beneath, one to three each side the midrib; stalk 1⁄8 to 1⁄4 in. long, very slender. Flowers stalkless, very small and white, ranging from solitary to forming terminal leafy panicles 1 to 3 in. long, and opening in May. Fruit a subglobose, black drupe, 1⁄6 in. wide.

Native of N. China and in cultivation at Kew since before 1919. It is very hardy. The specific name refers to the few veins of the leaf as compared with those of other species.