Tree up to 6 m. high, sometimes to 12 m.; bark rough, pale brown to grey.. Young branchlets densely grey-to pale brown-pubescent.. Leaves: rhachis clothed as the young branchlets; pinnae 2–8 pairs; leaflets 4–15 pairs, ± obliquely oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic or sometimes nearly oblong, 10–35(–40) mm. long, 4–22(–30) mm. wide, rounded and mucronate or slightly emarginate at apex, ± pubescent above, glaucescent and densely pubescent to subtomentose, sometimes only sparsely appressed-pubescent, beneath.. Flowers white, sweetly scented, sessile or to 0.75 mm. pedicellate; bracteoles already fallen at flowering time.. Calyx 3–5 mm. long, ± densely and shortly grey-pubescent outside, not slit unilaterally.. Corolla clothed like the calyx, 5–7 mm. long.. Staminal tube not or scarcely exserted beyond corolla; filaments about 2–2.5 cm. long.. Pod oblong, about 10–21 cm. long, 2–4 cm. wide, subglabrous, slightly pubescent towards base and margins, sometimes puberulous or pubescent all over, ± glossy, transversely venose, brown.. Ripe seeds not seen.
Wooded savannah and dry forest. Wooded grassland; riverine forest; hillsides with Combretum collinum in tall grass savannah; wooded savannah on fine gravel; gravelly sand; at elevations from 550-2,200 metres.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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