Rhamnus lycioides
Rhamnus lycioides
Top cehri
Subsp oleoides
Intricate, prostrate or erect shrub, up to 2 m. Branches alternate, young spines usually greyish brown, puberulous or glabrous: Leaves varying from narrowly obovate-elliptic to broadly obovate, 10-23 x 5-12 mm, evergreen or deciduous, glabrous or puberulous when young, entire or remotely serrulate, veins conspicuous or obscure, petiole 1-5 mm. Fruiting pedicels 1-3 mm. Disc puberulous or glabrous. Fruit 4-6 mm diam., black, red, yellowish or speckled. Seed with a bifid or entire groove. Fl. 3-5.
S. Europe , N.W. Africa, Cyrenaica.
