Size: shrub, 6-8' average height at maturity, 10' spread
Leaves: evergreen, opposite, 1.5-2" long, .33-.75" wide, simple, lanceolate or oblanceolate or narrow elliptic, broadset at or above the middle, margins spiny serrate, shiny dark green above, dull green below, may bronze in winter
Twigs: inner bark bright yellow, large 3-parted thorns
Flowers: monoecious, yellow
Fruit: .33" shiny blue-black fruit
Bark: yellowish on young stems, later yellow-gray or yellow-brown
