Habit : A large bush with angular branches, leafy and terminating in sharp spines.
Leaves : Small, obovate, obcordate.
Inflorescence : Axillary clusters from small bracts.
Flowers :
Male flowers with sepals 5, obovate, concave, stamens 4-5, petals absent, disk of 3-5 claws alternating with stamens, rudimentary ovary present, trifid.