Echidnopsis leachii Lavranos    

DESCRIPTION: small succulent that forms dense to loose clumps of erect or ascending stems covered in tubercles tapering into a soft bristle. The stems are subglobose when young, becoming narrowly ovate or cylindric with age , colour greyish-green in young, brownish in age. They are up to 15 cm long and 0.8-1,0 cm in diameter, excluding teeth.

DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania