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Leafy, monoecious, densely branched, often globose, hemiparasitic shrub, ± 0.5 m high, pale yellow to green; internodes rounded, relatively short; nodes often swollen. Leaves obovate-rounded. Dichasia with central flower mostly staminate, lateral ones pistillate, or often with all flowers the same gender. Flowering time Mar., Apr. Fruit a sessile, ellipsoid berry, dull orange, warty when young, less so at maturity; style persistent.
Leafy, monoecious shrubs of moderate size, <0.5 m high, forming dense, rounded clusters; internodes of distal branches rounded, relatively short, 8–15(20) × 2 mm, with often conspicuously swollen nodes.
Bracteal cups sessile, the central flower staminate and the lateral flowers pistillate, or often with all flowers the same sex.
Berries sessile, dull orange, ellipsoid, 3–4 mm high, tuberculate when young, less so at maturity, apically truncated.
Leaves 12–17 × 8–12 mm, mostly obovate-rounded, rounded apically, cuneate into the base; petiole 2–3 mm long.
Ring scar left by perianth only slightly raised, 1.5 mm in diameter.
Style minute but distinct; stigma not expanded.
