Scolopia chinensis
(Lour.) Clos in Ann. Sci. Nat. 4, 8: 249.1857.
Shrubs or small trees with strong simple 1 -
5 cm long spines, elliptic to orbicular
leaves With a pair of distinct glands at lamina base. A native of Indo-china and S. China,
Sometimes cultivated in S. India to form impenetrable hedges.