A small tree or large thorny shrub. Thorns short, axillary and terminal. Leaves often fascicled or alternate, 2.5-3.5 x 1-1.5 cm. upper surface glabrous, lower glaucous, apex rounded, base somewhat cuneate, margin recurved, petiole short, 2-3 mm long. Flowers c. 5 mm in diameter, pedicel c. 1 mm long. Calyx lobes small, c. 3 mm long, acute. Corolla lobes glabrous, c. 2 x c. 1 mm. Stamens borne on the corolla tube and opposite to the lobes, filaments longer than petals, subulate, glabrous, anthers versatile. Ovary hairy; style tapering, elongated. Fruit less than 1 cm in diameter.