Dioecious, climbing, much branched shrubs, about 2 m long; branches in whorls, greenish, scabrous. Leaves opposite or whorled, linear, slightly connate at base. Inflorescence paniculate terminal on short verticillate branches. Male cones in umbellate panicles, with 2-6 oval-shaped, obtuse, connate bracts; microsporangia 2-3, exerted. Female cones in lax panicle, pedunculate, solitary or clustered, with 2-3 pairs connate bracts, the outermost bracts short, c. 1/4-1/3 as long as the middle one. Seeds ovoid-oblong, terminating with coiled micropylar tube.

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Valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other complaints of the respiratory system.