Shrubs, semi-evergreen, low. Stems stout, glabrous, very sulcate; branches shiny, dark red, sometimes scarcely verruculose; internodes 1-2 cm; spines 3-fid, orange, 1-1.3 cm, sulcate. Petiole 1-5 mm; leaf blade abaxially grayish white, adaxially shiny, dark green, oblong-obovate, 1-3 × 0.5-1.4 cm, abaxially papillate, adaxially lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs, base cuneate, margin 3-5-spinose-serrate, apex rounded, mucronulate. Flowers solitary. Pedicels 1.5-2 cm; bractlets red, oblong-triangular, 2-2.5 × 1.5-2 mm. Sepals in 3 whorls; outer sepals oblong-ovate, 4-6 × 3-4 mm, apex subacute; median and inner sepals obovate, equal in size, 9-10 × 6-7 mm. Petals obovate, ca. 6.5 × 4-5 mm, base with concolorous glands, apex emarginate with rounded lobes. Stamens 4-4.5 mm; anther connective not prolonged, truncate. Ovules 6-8. Berry dark red, oblong, 13-16 × 6-8 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Sep-Oct.
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A shrub. It grows 1 m tall. It loses some of its leaves during the year. The stems are stout and the branches are shiny. They are dark red. They have spines. The leaves are shiny and dark green above and greyish white underneath. They are broadly oval and 1-3 cm long by 0.5-1.4 cm wide. Flowers occur singly. They have small red bracts and sepals in 3 rings. The fruit are dark red berries 13-16 mm long by 6-8 mm wide.
Forms thickets in open spaces; at elevations from 3,000-3,600 metres in Nepal. Open areas on sunny dry slopes; at elevations from 2,600-4,600 metres.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
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