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Cymes 1–3 in a horizontal line 5 mm above the spines, simple, with lateral cyathia vertically arranged; peduncles and cyme branches 1–2 mm long; bracts subquadrate, scale-like.
Cyathia c. 3 × 4–5 mm with cup-shaped involucres; glands transversely oblong, 2–2.5 mm wide, greenish-yellow; lobes 1.25 × 1.25 mm, subquadrate, fimbriate.
Succulent spiny shrub or small tree to 2–6 m tall, with a crown of spreading-ascending branches.
Spine shields joined in a grey, horny margin c. 2–3 mm wide; spines 5–8 mm long, fairly stout.
Capsule 4 × 6–7 mm, obtusely lobed, exserted on a recurved pedicel c. 6 mm long.
Female flower: styles 1.5 mm long, joined to halfway, apices bifid.
Male flowers: bracteoles 3 mm long, laciniate; stamens 5 mm long.
Seeds subglobose, c. 2.25 × 2 mm, brown, smooth.
Leaves 5 mm long, ovate, deciduous.
