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Leaves are simple, alternate, deciduous, lacking the long pointed apex of sugarberry.  Leaves have a sand papery surface, 3 main veins arising from the petiole, and a toothed margin. Fruit is a purple-black drupe.  Georgia hackberry is usually a shrub found in the understory on a variety of sites in the southeastern U.S.  The fruit is a favorite of birds.

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