Shrubby tree to 7 m high. Bark corky, deeply furrowed. Branchlets terete, finely ribbed, glabrous. Phyllodes inequilaterally obovate-elliptic to subflabellate, obliquely falcate, 4–7 (–9) cm long, 2–5 (–6) cm wide, obtuse to bluntly acute, coriaceous, green or subglaucous, glabrous, with (3–) 5–7 (–8) main longitudinal veins, openly reticulate between. Inflorescences elongated terminal or axillary racemes or panicles; raceme axes glabrous; peduncles 2–5 mm long, glabrous; heads 2–2.5 mm diam., 4–7-flowered, cream. Flowers 5-merous; sepals minute, free. Pods ± moniliform, raised over seeds and variably constricted between them, almost straight to strongly curved and often variably twisted, to 28 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, crustaceous to woody. Seeds longitudinal, broadly elliptic to circular, 9.5–14 mm long, dull, brown; areole strongly depressed, paler; funicle thickened, exarillate.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-4 m high. The bark is cracked and corky. The flowers are yellow.
Most commonly grows in red sand, on pindan plains or dunes, though it is also found on heavier, often saline, soils.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows on red sands and on sand dunes. It can probably tolerate salt.
Often grows on red dunes or in saline depressions.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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