Erect to climbing shrub to 2 m high; branches purplish brown greyish, terete, smooth or lined, sometimes peeling, glabrous; spines 1– 3 mm long, curved downwards, also on the terminal branches.. Cladodes in fascicles of 4– 25(– 35), flexible, straight or bent, 15– 30 mm long, flattened, angled, sometimes forming grooves on the upper side.. Flowers in fascicles of (2– )3– 6, axillary or terminal; bracts ovate, ± 1 mm long, membranous; pedicel 4– 10 mm long, articulated at the middleor below.. Tepals white, ± equal, 3– 4 mm long; stamens shorter than the perianth, anthers yellow; ovary 3-locular with 5 ovules in each locule; style ± 1 mm long with 3-‑ branched stigma.. Berry red, 4– 5 mm in diameter, 1-seeded.
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