Thorny shrubs. Stipules
caducous. Leaves simple, entire, serrate or crenate. Flowers in corymbs. Petals 5, white. Stamens numerous. Carpels 5; ovules 2. Styles 5. Fruit red, orange or yellow, with 5 pyrenes. Worldwide: 9 species in SE Europe and Asia Malawi: 2 taxa. |
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