Adenopodia spicata (E.Mey.) C.Presl

Woody climber or scandent shrub up to 6 m high, usually armed with numerous scattered recurved prickles up to 5 mm long, sometimes unarmed; young branchlets densely puberulous or pubescent. Leaves sparingly to densely puberulous; petiole 3.5-9 cm long, unarmed or armed with recurved prickles, adaxial gland 0.7-1.5 mm long, often slightly raised or columnar, usually a short distance above the pulvinus, sometimes more than one gland present; rhachis 3.5-10.5(13.5) cm long, sulcate above, unarmed or armed with recurved prickles; pinnae 5-7 pairs; rhachillae 4-9 cm long; leaflets 7-12 pairs, 7.5-20(24) x 2.5-7(9) mm, obliquely-oblong to obovate-oblong, asymmetric basally, rounded or obtuse apically, sometimes slightly mucronate, sparingly to densely puberulous on both surfaces or sometimes ± glabrous, sometimes with a conspicuous basal tuft of hairs to one side of the midrib on the lower surface. Stipules linear, up to 6 mm long, soon deciduous. Inflorescences spicate, axillary, solitary or 2-3 together, usually forming a terminal panicle; spikes 1.5-4.5 cm long, axes sparingly to densely puberulous; peduncles 0.8-3 cm long. Flowers pale yellowish-white, sessile. Calyx cupular, up to 1 mm long, very shortly 5-toothed or almost truncate, subglabrous to sparingly puberulous. Petals up to 2.75 mm long, united basally for ±1 mm, glabrous. Stamens up to 6 mm long; anthers with an apical caducous gland. Ovary up to 1.5 mm long, densely villous, on a long stipe that elevates it above the corolla. Pods (5)8-13(16) x (1.3)1.8-3(3.7) cm, with a stipe up to 1.5 cm long, compressed, slightly curved to falcate, subcoriaceous, the valves splitting transversely into 1-seeded segments, sometimes one margin of the pod armed with recurved prickles. Seeds deep brown, ±7-10 x 5-7 mm, smooth; areole ±5 x 3 mm.