Tree 5-14 m tall; branchlets ±puberulous or glabrous. Leaves: axes eglandular, glabrous or ±puberulous; pinnae 2-5-jugate; leaflets 6-16, alternate or some subopposite, oblong, oval and obovate-oblong, rounded to subtruncate, 8-35 mm long, 4-15 mm wide, entire to emarginate. Inflorescence spicate, in axils of terminal leaves, solitary, 4-8 cm long, ±puberulous. Flowers subsessile, cream-coloured, ageing to orange-yellow; calyx c. 1 mm long, glabrous or appressed-puberulous; petals 2-3.5 mm long, glabrous. Pod linear, biconvex, straight or ±curved, to 15 cm long, 10-20 mm wide, woody, glabrous. Seeds ovoid to ellipsoidal or obovoid, 6.5-9.5 mm long; terminal part red and basal part black, glossy.
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A medium sized tree. It grows 5-15 m high. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are twice divided. They are 4-6 cm long. There are about 6 segments 6-10 cm long with leaflets 1.5-2 cm long. There is a notch at the tip. The flowers are cream or white. They are about 0.5 cm across. They are borne in clusters. The fruit are straight pods. These are 10-12 cm long by 2 cm wide. The seeds are red and black.
Grows in sand, sandy loam and sandy clay-loam, often stony, in open eucalypt forest, frequently in alluvial situations along watercourses.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in open forest. It needs full sun and a well-drained soil.
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