Tall, glabrous climbers up to 3 m high, spreading in upper branches of trees, deciduous. Roots with tuberous side roots. Stems terete, ±10 mm in diameter below, mottled grey, smooth. Spines short, patent-recurved, longer and swollen near base of stem, up to 20 mm long, upper progressively smaller, present (but minute) below flowers. Branches twining, slightly zigzagging; branchlets thin, fairly short, ±80 mm long, bearing cladodes and/or flowers. Cladodes deciduous, 1-3 per fascicle, narrowly linear, slightly curved, ±40-50 x 1 mm, margin minutely beaded with transparent cells. Racemes appearing before cladodes, compound, ±300-400 mm long, irregularly branched, young branchlets angled and beaded. Flowers solitary or in fascicles of 2-4, on short side branchlets; with spreading oblong tepals, ±3 mm long, white; stalk ±4 mm long, articulated near base. Stamens with red anthers. Ovary with 4 ovules in each locule; ovoid; style and stigmas short. Berry ±8 mm in diameter, red, shiny.
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Climber, up to 3 m high. Stems mottled grey, smooth. Spines patent-recurved, longer and swollen near base of stem, up to 20 mm long, progressively smaller towards distal part of stem. Cladodes 1-3 per fascicle, narrowly linear, slightly curved, ± 40-50 mm long. Flowers in compound racemes, appearing before cladodes; stamens with red anthers; pedicels articulated near base. Flowering time Oct.-Jan. Fruit a red berry.
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