Tree 6–45 m. high; crown rounded; bark rough.. Young branchlets ± densely rusty-pubescent or sometimes subtomentose.. Leaves: rhachis clothed like the young branchlets or less densely; pinnae 3–6(–9 fide I.T.U.) pairs; leaflets (of the 2 distal pairs of pinnae) (9–)10–14(–17) pairs, though sometimes as few as 5 pairs on the basal pinnae, slightly oblique, oblong (the topmost pair obovate), 11–23 mm. long, 4.5–10 mm. wide, rounded at apex, ± densely pubescent or puberulous beneath, ± sparsely so above.. Flowers white or greenish-white, subsessile or up to 3 mm. pedicellate; bracteoles often persistent till flowering time, to about 7 mm. long, mostly oblanceolate, densely rusty-pubescent.. Calyx (3–)4–6 mm. long, densely and shortly rusty-pubescent outside, not slit unilaterally.. Corolla shortly rusty-pubescent outside, 9–12 mm. long.. Staminal tube not or scarcely exserted beyond corolla; filaments 3–5 cm. long.. Pod oblong, usually 15–24 cm. long, 3–5 cm. wide, glabrous (or with a very few hairs on stipe and margins only), often ± glossy, venose, brown, obtuse or abruptly narrowed near base and apex.. Seeds about 7–10 mm. long and 4.5–8 mm. wide, flattened.
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A tree. It grows 6-45 m tall. The crown is rounded. The bark is rough. The leaves have 3-6 pairs of divisions and 10-14 pairs of leaflets. These are 11-23 mm long by 4.5-10 mm wide. They are hairy underneath. The flowers are white or greenish white. The pods are oblong and 15-24 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. The seeds are 7-10 mm long by 5-8 mm wide and flattened.
A canopy and emergent tree, mainly found in lowland, semi-deciduous forests, but also at lower densities in evergreen forest and savannah; at elevations from 700-1,200 metres.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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