刺鼠李(原变种) ci shu li (yuan bian zhong)

Petiole sparsely puberulent; leaf blade abaxial surface sparsely puberulent on veins, margin serrulate or inconspicuously undulate.

● Forest understories, thickets on slopes; 900-3300 m. Anhui, SE Gansu, Guizhou, W Hubei, Jiangxi, S Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan, Zhejiang.

This species differs from Rhamnus tangutica and R. virgata in having branchlets pale gray-brown; bark scabrous, not shiny; petioles shorter; and seeds black, abaxially with short furrow at base only.