Shrubby herb, 1-2 m tall, sparsely hispid. Leaves 4-10 cm long, 30-40 fo-liolate, petiole and rachis hispidulous; leaflets oblong, rounded to truncate; slight-ly asymmetrical basally, 8-10 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous, the costae cen-tral, entire, micropunctate adaxially; stipules 7-15 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, the upper portion acute, the lower 2-3 mm long, rounded, entire. Inflorescence ra-cemose, few flowered, axillary; peduncles and pedicels hispidulous; bracts sub-ovate, acute, 3-4 mm long, 1.5-2.0 mm wide, ciliate; bracteoles ovate-oblong, acute, 2-3 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide, ciliate. Flowers yellow, (8-)10-15 mm long; calyx 5-8 mm long; the standard ca. 14 mm long, the claw 2 mm long, the blade orbiculate, ca. 12 mm in diameter, retuse; the wings ca. 10 mm long, the claw ca. 1 mm long, the blade ca. 9 mm long, 5-6 mm wide; the keel petals ca. 10 mm long, 3 mm wide; stamens ca. 12 mm long. Fruit 6-10 articulate, the upper edge essentially entire, the lower edge crenate to subentire, the stipe glabrous, 3-6 mm long, the articles 4-6 mm in diameter, moderately hispid, usually muricate or verrucose at the center; seeds ca. 3 mm long, 2 mm wide, black.
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