Paper flower is a spiny, evergreen plant, varying in habit from a shrub to a tree, or becoming a climbing shrub producing stems up to 7 metres or more long[200, 418 When in a more tree form it has a very dense ellipsoid crown[419. The plant can support itself on other plants by means of thorns carried in the leaf axils, though in cultivation it might need tying in to pergolas etc[200
The plant has local medicinal uses, whilst it is also often used as a formal hedge or ground cover. It is widely grown as an ornamental from the warm temperate to the tropical zones, and is often grown in greenhouses in climates that are unsuitable for it.
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