Small rounded shrub c. 0.4 m high, glabrous except axillary pubescence. Flowers solitary. Perianth glabrous except ciliate tepals. Stamens 5. Fruiting perianth hard, glabrous; attachment oblique, circular, slightly hollowed; tube oblong, slightly broader at apex, c. 2.5 mm long, dorsiventrally compressed, faintly ribbed; limb erect with tip inflexed, c. 1 mm high; spines 2+1 or 2+2, an opposite pair laterally placed and ascending, 3–7 mm long, a radicular spine curved adaxially, 1–2 mm long, usually with a collateral tubercle or small spine. Embryo erect.
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