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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Sageretia theezans''
| image = Sageretia theezans.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rhamnaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Sageretia]]''
| species = '''''S. theezans'''''
| binomial = ''Sageretia theezans''
| binomial_authority = [[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]]
}}

'''''Sageretia theezans''''' ('''Sageretia''', '''Mock Buckthorn''', '''Sweet-plum''' or '''Chinese sweet plum'''; [[synonymy|syn.]] ''S. thea'') is a [[shrub]] from the family [[Rhamnaceae]], native to southern [[China]]. It grows to 1-3 m tall and has small green [[leaf|leaves]] 1.5-4 cm long, and a leathery multicoloured trunk.It is evergreen and the [[flower]]s are small and inconspicuous; the [[fruit]] is a small edible [[drupe]] 1 cm diameter.

It is widely used for creating [[bonsai]].

[[Category:Rhamnaceae]]


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