Monoecious tree 8-15 m high, or more rarely shrub 1-3 m. Branchlets ascending, to 14 cm long; articles quadrangular, 3-7 mm long, 0.6-0.8 mm diam., occasionally finely pubescent when young; phyllichnia sharply angular; teeth 4, erect, 0.6-1 mm long. Male spikes 1-3.5 cm long, 8-10 whorls per cm; anther 0.9-1 mm long. Cones shortly cylindrical, diam. greater than or equal to length, warty, sessile or on peduncle to 2 mm long; cone body 10-20 mm long, 15-24 mm diam., rarely to 40 mm long and 30 mm diam.; bracts inconspicuous; bracteoles obtuse, 3-lobed with a tiny mucro, protuberance longer than bracteole body and divided into 12-20 small bodies, pungent or with rounded apex. Samara 7-9 mm long, blackish.
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