Sageretia hamosa is a climbing plant in the family Rhamnaceae native to areas from India to southern China, the Philippines, Malesia and the state of Queensland in Australia.
Description It is a scrambling shrub or vine with a stem diameter up to . Stout recurved hooks occur on the stems and branches. Leaves are arranged alternately and can reach up to long and long. They have eight to ten lateral veins on either side of the midrib, and very small teeth on the margins.
Flowers are about diameter and are borne on inflorescences about long. The fruits are dark red or purple to black drupes measuring up to about diameter, and containing one or two seeds.
Distribution and habitat Sageretia hamosa grows in rainforest and monsoon forest, at altitudes below . It is native to India, Assam, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China South-Central, China Southeast, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands and Queensland.
Taxonomy Two varieties are recognised: Sageretia hamosa var. trichoclada, which is endemic to Yunnan Province in China, and the autonym Sageretia hamosa var. hamosa.
Conservation status This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act. , it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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