Dioecious or monoecious shrub, dense, erect, 1–3 m high. Branchlets ascending, to 20 cm long; articles smooth, often pubescent in furrows, 6–13 mm long, 0.6–1.2 mm diam.; phyllichnia rounded or flat with a small but definite ridge; teeth 7–9, erect, 0.3–1.2 mm long, marcescent. Male spikes 0.4–2.8 cm long, 8.5–11 whorls per cm; anther 0.6–1 mm long. Cones long-cylindrical, shortly white-pubescent at least between bracts and bracteoles, sessile or sometimes on peduncle to 5 mm long; cone body 19–42 mm long, 10–17 mm diam.; bracts inconspicuous; bracteoles prominent, obtuse to broadly acute, protuberance fused to bracteole body except apex of protuberance which is marked by a curved or straight line or indentation close to body apex or rarely by a tiny mucro on surface of body. Samara 4.7–10 mm long, black.
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