Keywords: Gymnosporia buxifolia Branch.jpg en A branch of Gymnosporia buxifolia showing thorns with scars where leaves have dropped The plant is a shrub or small tree in the family Celastraceae own JonRichfield 2010-10-16 I uploaded the same thing to the wrong Wikipedia site also as public domain This species is called the Common Spike-thorn ; the dangerously sharp tough and rigid thorns often exceed 100 mm in length This photograph was taken near the town of Uniondale in South Africa Google Earth coordinates -33 777 23 087 Gymnosporia buxifolia |