Climbing, scandent or procumbent perennial herbs, spiny; young stems striate, older ones terete, glabrous; spines on the main stem 5– 8 mm long, sharp; spinules at the base of cladodes 0.5– 1.5 mm long.. Cladodes fasciculate, solitary or in fascicles of 2– 3, flattened, straight or falcate, 10– 30(– 40) mm× 1– 1.5 mm, acute at the apex, narrowed at the base.. Inflorescence racemose, solitary or in fascicles of 2 together, 4.5– 10 cm long, glabrous; bracts ovate or lanceolate, 1.5× 0.5 mm, acute at apex; pedicels 2.5– 6 mm long, articulated near the middle or slightly below.. Tepals white to cream, 3– 3.5 mm long; stamens shorter than the perianth; anthers orange; ovary 3-locular with 6 ovules in each locule; style ± 1 mm long including stigma.. Berry red or white flushed purple, ± 6 mm in diameter, 1-seeded.. Fig. 3: 1– 4 (page 18).
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