Rhamnus alaternus

Shrub 1.5–3 m high; young shoots shortly simple-pubescent. Leaves alternate (rarely subopposite), ovate, elliptic or obovate, 20–70 mm long, 12–35 mm wide, acute to obtuse, margins regularly toothed to irregularly toothed only in upper half; stipules subulate, 1–1.5 mm long. Inflorescence of axillary (and sometimes terminal) racemes, often branched, 1–2.5 cm long, axis thickish, minutely yellow-pubescent; bracts triangular, c. 1 mm long, finally deciduous. Flowers yellow-green, glabrous, male and/or bisexual within the same inflorescence; pedicels subequal to bracts; hypanthium conical, c. 2 mm long; sepals spreading to recurved, c. 1.5 mm long; petals absent; stamens erect, subequal to sepals; ovary glabrous, style not or barely exceeding hypanthium. Drupes obovoid to globular, c. 5 mm long, initially red, ripening black. Flowers May–Oct.