Azima tetracantha

Azima tetracantha is a commonly known as Needle Bush is a rambling shrub with spines, much-branched, spiny, evergreen, erect with arching branches, the plant sometimes adopts a more climbing habit.

Leaves are oppositely arranged, ovate, with a fine point, base blunt, margin thickened, leathery, Flowers are tiny, borne in spikes in leaf-axils and at branch-ends. Flowers are clustered, white, bell-shaped, bilobed. Petals are oblong, stamens free, alternating with petals, The fruit is a spherical green to white berry containing 1-2 seeds.