Dioecious or monoecious shrub or small tree 1-4 m high. Bark smooth or somewhat fissured in older plants. Branchlets ascending, to 10 cm long; articles 8-20 mm long, 0.8-1.4 mm diam., smooth, usually glabrous, often with a waxy bloom; phyllichnia rounded occasionally only slightly so; teeth 5-7, erect, overlapping, 0.6-1.8 mm long, often apex marcescent. Male spikes rarely moniliform, 1-3 cm long, 5-7 whorls per cm; bracteoles deciduous; anther 0.7-1.3 mm long. Cones cylindrical; peduncle 3-12 mm long; cone body 16-33 mm long, 10-13 mm diam.; bracteoles obtuse, pyramidal protuberance shorter than bracteole body, rarely superficially divided into 2 or 3 parts. Samara 6-7 mm long, very dark brown to black.
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