那觉小檗 na jue xiao bo

Shrubs, deciduous, ca. 1 m tall. Branches purplish red, terete, black verruculose; spines 3-fid, weak, pale brown, 5-10 mm. Petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade abaxially brown, adaxially deep green, obovate, 1-2.3 × 0.6-1.1 cm, papery, abaxially not pruinose, midvein obviously raised, lateral and reticulate veins conspicuous, adaxially with slightly raised midvein, lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs, reticulate veins inconspicuous, base cuneate, margin slightly revolute, entire, or 1-5-spinulose-serrulate on each side, apex rounded, obtuse. Inflorescence an umbellate raceme, 4-10-flowered, 3-5 cm including peduncle 1.7-3 cm, glabrous; bracts ovate, apex acuminate. Flowers unknown. Fruit stalk 2-3 mm, stout, glabrous; berry oblong-ellipsoid, 7-8 × 3-4 mm, not pruinose, style not persistent; seeds 2. Fl. unknown, fr. Sep.

● Quercus forests; ca. 3200 m. SE Xizang.