Tree 3-10 m tall; bark deeply furrowed, becoming corky. Leaves appressed-puberulous; main axis with raised glands below basal pinnae of some leaves, between some pairs of pinnae and between some leaflet pairs; pinnae 2-3-jugate; leaflets (3-) 5-9-jugate, ±inequilaterally elliptic to oval or oblong, rounded or truncate and minutely mucronate, rarely acute, 2-5 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide; upper and lower surfaces concolorous. Inflorescence terminal and in uppermost leaf axils, to 13 cm long, puberulous or appressed-puberulous; peduncles fasciculate, 8-14 mm long, bearing 4-7 flowers. Flowers sessile, ±white, appressed-puberulous; calyx 1.5-2.5 mm long; corolla 4.5-6 mm long. Pod oblong, flat, to 29 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, stiffly chartaceous, glabrous. Seeds ±oval, flat, 8.5-11.5 mm long, 7.5-10 mm wide, tan or khaki-coloured, ±glossy.
Grows in heavy clay soil with limestone outcrops, clay-loam, red pindan soil and sand in open eucalypt forest, often with Eucalyptus miniata , sometimes along streams.
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