Milk seed specimen

Milk chestnut is a deciduous shrub belonging to the family Elaeagnaceae and the genus Elaeagnaceae. The branches have thorns, and the small branches are very open. When young, they are densely covered with silver white and yellow brown scales; The leaves are papery or membranous, elliptical to ovate or obovate lanceolate, with a pure pointed tip and a round or wedge-shaped base. When young, the upper part has white stellate hairs or scales, and the lower part is densely covered with silver white and a small amount of brown scales; The flowers bloom before the leaves, yellow white, fragrant, densely covered with silver white shield shaped scales; The fruit is nearly spherical or oval in shape, green when young, covered with silver white or brown scales, and red when mature. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is from July to August.