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Voucher: Kostadinov 180, (URV)
Brief description: An evergreen, dioecious or polygamo-dioecious shrub to 6 m. Leaves are oval to elliptic-oblong, simple, opposite, dark green and very glossy above, with 2-4 large spiny teeth on each side or infrequently entire. Juvenile and adult foliage is heteromorphic. Flowers are unisexual or perfect, white, fragrant, on slender pedicels, flowering in June-July. Fruits are a long, bluish, ovoid drupe. The picture on the left is from early May, showing previous year's fruits.
Campus data: Occasionally cultivated on campus. Several patches encountered.