Much-branched shrub or small tree, 1–5 m. tall; branches pale to medium brown with brown lenticels; youngest shoots pubescent, soon glabrous.. Leaves drying pale green or ± darker above, trifoliolate; petiole (2–)5–9 cm. long, slender, puberulous or glabrous; petiolule of terminal leaflet 2–7 mm. long, of lateral 0–3 mm. long; leaflets discolorous, drying brown or brownish green above, subequal or laterals 1/2 to 4/5 length of the terminal one, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, (1.5–)5–9 cm. long,(0.9–)2.3–4.2 cm. wide, ± rounded to shortly obtusely acuminate at apex, terminal one cuneate at the base, laterals asymmetrically rounded, entire or crenate or toothed for upper 1/2 or 2/3, ± thin, glabrous or with few hairs on nerves beneath; hairy domatia sometimes present; lateral nerves in ± 7 pairs, rather inconspicuous.. Inflorescences slender, (3–)8–12(–17) cm. long inclusive, unbranched or with 1–2 short branches, the axes quite glabrous, puberulous or in some specimens pubescent; cymules 3–9-flowered, somewhat spaced, subsessile; peduncles (1–)2.5–5.5 cm. long, pedicels 1–1.8 mm. long.. Flowers white or yellow; sepals ± round, outer 1 mm. diameter, inner 1.2–1.5 mm. diameter; petals spathulate, 1 mm. long, 0.5–0.8 mm. wide, long white-ciliate at base.. Filaments 1.5 mm. long, glabrous.. Fruit red, globose, 5.5 mm. diameter.
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