stems stout, terete, woody, wide-climbing; prickles large, spreading, pungent; branchlets slender, woody terete, stramineous, flexuose; phyllocladia 1–3-nate at the side, up to 6–8 in a cluster at the tip of the branchlets, lanceolate, 1–2 in. long, 1/6– 1/4 in. broad, bright green, 1-nerved, moderately firm in texture; racemes 1–2 in. long, 1–3-nate; pedicels 1–2-nate at the sides, clustered at the tips, articulated at the middle, 1/6– 1/4 in. long; perianth campanulate, 1/12– 1/8 in. long; segments oblong, obtuse, spreading widely; stamens shorter than the perianth; anthers minute; berry globose, 1-seeded, 1/4 in. diam. null
