Trees to 2.5 m tall, trunk branched, 8-12 cm in diameter, spiny; stem segments cylindrical tuberculated, whorled; spines redish gray. Flowers magenta at anthesis, pericarpel tuberculated, dark green, areoles with thin, long, white spines; leaves redish. Fruits tuberculated, yelllow, fleshy, non proliferating; seeds tan colored ca. 4 mm in diameter, smooth.