Tree c. 5 m, with a narrow bole. Twigs c. 1.5 cm in diam., densely covered with pale reddish-brown stellate hairs which have arms of different lengths. Leaves impari-pinnate, c. 115 cm long and 60 cm wide; petiole c. 48 cm, petiole, rachis and petiolules densely covered with hairs like those on the twigs. Leaflets 11–13, 23–30 by 8–10 cm, oblong or ovate, the apex acuminate, rounded at the slightly asymmetrical base, with hairs lsike those on the twigs densely packed on the midrib and numerous on the rest of the lower surface; veins c. 18 on each side of the midrib; petiolules c. 15 mm. Male in-florescence 23–36 cm long, 18–24 cm wide; peduncle 3–10 cm; peduncle, rachis and branches densely covered with hairs like those on the twigs. Male flowers c. 4.5 mm long and 3 mm wide; pedicels 2–3 mm, the pedicels and calyx densely covered with hairs like those on the twigs. Corolla c. 4.5 mm long and 3–4 mm wide, divided up to nearly half way into 3 subrotund lobes. Staminal tube c. 4 mm long and 3 mm wide, obovoid, the aperture c. 1 mm in diam. with the margin shallowly lobed; anthers 6, inserted about 1/3 of the way up the tube and included. Ovary with ?3 locules. Female flowers and fruits not seen.
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