sageretia

Any of various thorny shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Sageretia in the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae), native to warm and tropical regions of southern and eastern Asia, northeastern Africa, and the Americas, with several species such as Sageretia thea widely cultivated as ornamental bonsai plants.

The small, globose, sweet-tasting edible drupe or berry-like fruit produced by shrubs of the genus Sageretia, which ripens to a dark purple or black color and is harvested locally as a wild fruit in parts of Asia.