Rhagodia spinescens R.Br.

Shrub to 1.5 m high. Branches divaricate, often spinescent. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate to deltoid or hastiform, mealy all over with discrete saucer-shaped or spherical vesicular hairs; lamina 5–20 mm long, obtuse to rounded; petiole c. ½ length of lamina. Inflorescence a panicle or reduced to a spike. Perianth densely mealy outside. Male flowers globular, 0.5–1 mm diam.; filaments united into a glabrous saucer-shaped disc. Female flowers globular to turbinate, c. 1 mm high, eventually spreading beneath fruit and 2.5–3 mm diam., becoming hard and pale red; staminodes c. 0.3 mm long, united into a glabrous or sparsely hairy disc. Berry depressed-globular, pink or red. Seed c. 1 mm diam.; testa prominently reticulate.

It grows in temperate regions. It can grow in the subtropics. It needs well drained soil. It can grow in full sun or light shade. It can stand light frosts. It can stand drought and high temperatures. It suits Mediterranean climates.

It can be grown from seed or cuttings. Cuttings strike easily. Rooted stems can be transplanted.