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Trees, large, to 30 m tall before tree forks. Leaves 30-40 cm, lower leaves with 3-8 pairs of pinnae, leaves at apices of branches pinnate; rachis of leaves and of pinnae yellowish brown puberulent, glabrescent; leaflets 4-8 pairs, ovate or ovate-oblong, 7-13 × 4-7 cm, subleathery, lateral veins 8-12 pairs, base slightly oblique, broadly cuneate or rounded, margin entire, apex acuminate or acute. Racemes axillary, 20-25 cm, densely flowered; rachis pubescent at apex. Flowers erect at first, drooping later, scarlet, large. Pedicels 6-8 mm, pubescent. Petals lanceolate, ca. 2 × as long as and alternate with sepals, as receptacles and sepals yellowish brown puberulent. Stamens alternate with petals; filaments long, ca. 2 × as long as and much more exserted from corolla. Ovary long stalked, compressed. Legume purplish brown, flat, 8-15 × 1-2 cm, narrowly winged along ventral suture; wing 3-5 mm wide. Seeds 14-18, light brown. 2n = 24*.
A tree. It grows 30-60 m tall. The branches occur high up. The leaves are twice divided. They are bright red when young and hairy underneath. The leaves are 100 cm long. They have 3-5 pairs of pinnae and these have 4-9 pairs of leaflets each. These are 4-14 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. They taper to the tip. The flowers are in 1-3 clusters and these are 20-25 cm long. The flowers have 5 red petals. The fruit is a long flattened pod. It is 8-15 cm long by 1-2 cm wide and flat. It has narrow wings. The seeds are oval and brown. There are 12-18 seeds.
