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Deciduous shrub, hermaphrodite, up to 3 m in height, highly ramose, spiny, with flexible branches, long, curving into an arch, pendulous, ending in a strong spine. Lateral spines shorter. Stems with smooth bark, slightly fissured on older specimens, greyish-brown. Branches smooth, greyish-brown, with reddish tints. Leaves (1-6 \u00d7 0.6-3 cm) ellipsoid, oblong, spatulate or obovate, obtuse, with lower half longly tapered towards the base, subsessile, fasciculate or, less frequently, solitary, slightly or not at all fleshy, glabrous, green on both sides. Flowers solitary, in pairs or rarely ternate, axillary, \u00b1 erect. Calyx green, campanulate, very short (2-3 mm) less than 1\/4 the length of the corolla tube, with 5 subequal teeth. Corolla whitish with pink or bluish tones, 3-5 times longer than the calyx, with lobes half the size of the tube, opened in the shape of a star and slightly recurved backwards. Stamens with glabrous filament, very exserted from the corolla tube. 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