Rhamnaceae
Pauper's-tea
Sageretia thea
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Sageretia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- نمت ثيزانس, نمت, نيم
- Chinese
- 雀梅藤, 梗花雀梅藤, 毛叶雀梅藤, 刺冻绿, 对节刺, 对角刺, 碎米子, 酸味
- English
- Pauper's-tea
- Korean
- 상동나무
- Persian
- بستل
Synonyms
- Ampeloplis chinensis Raf.
- Berchemia chaneti H.Lév.
- Lamellisepalum hildebrandtii Engl.
- Rhamnus laetevirens Kom.
- Rhamnus spiciflora A.Rich.
- Rhamnus thea Osbeck
- Sageretia chanetii (H.Lév.) C.K.Schneid.
- Sageretia laetevirens (Komarov) Gontsch.
- Sageretia sikayoensis Masam.
- Sageretia spiciflora (A.Rich.) Hutch. & E.A.Bruce
- Sageretia spinosa Wettst.
- Sageretia taiwaniana Hosok. ex Masam.
- Sageretia thea var. bilocularis S.Y.Liu
- Sageretia thea var. taiwaniana (Hosok. ex Masam.) Y.C.Liu & C.M.Wang
- Sageretia thea var. thea
- Sageretia thea var. tomentosa (Schneid.) Y.L.Chen & P.K.Chou
- Sageretia theezans Brongn.
- Sageretia theezans var. glabrescens Kitam.
- Sageretia theezans var. tomentosa C.K.Schneid.
Flowers
- In flower
- October (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 許文俊, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Abrahami assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Montréalais, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.