Rhamnus yoshin is a deciduous, dioecious shrub or small
tree with purple, glossy brown branches in sunny limestone rock
areas. Leave are alternate, occasionally opposite, 3-8cm long, 2-4cm
wide, obovate-like long oblong, with tips pointed in a tail way,
fine serrations on margins, 4-5 pairs of veins, sparse adpressed
hairs on upper surfaces, and hairs on lower surfaces. Small
yellow-green flowers bloom in cymes from the bases of long and short
branches. Bloom time: May. |