Dioecious shrub 1.5-3 m high. Bark becoming rough. Branchlets ascending, to 20 cm long; articles 12-15 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm diam., smooth, when young with hairs protruding up to 2 mm from furrows but becoming glabrous; phyllichnia angular, with median ridge; teeth 5 or 6, spreading to recurved, not overlapping, 1.5-2.0 mm long, occasionally marcescent and c. 1 mm. Male spikes elongate but too young to describe details. Cones cylindrical to barrel-shaped, sparsely pubescent; peduncle 2-9 mm long; cone body 14-30 mm long, 11-18 mm diam.; bracteoles acute to broadly acute, often with small mucro, pyramidal protuberance as long as or exceeding bracteole body, with or without little mucro. Samara 6.5-9 mm long, dark brown to black.
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