Rhamnus glandulosa

Description

Rhamnus glandulosa is an unresolved species of plant in the Rhamnaceae family. It is found in Madeira and the Canary Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a tree that reaches 10 meters in height, with a gray trunk and leathery evergreen leaves sawn, with small glands in the axils of the veins. The flowers are yellow-green, arranged in clusters, and the fruit is a globose drupe, purple-black when ripe. It is an endemic species of Madeira and the Canary Islands, characteristic of the laurel forest.