Glabrous except for the inflorescence and flowers sparsely to densely tawny-or brown-tomentose. Leaves ternate (sometimes scattered); lamina ovate or lanceolate-ovate, 4-7 by 2.5-3.5 cm, cuneate at the base to a petiole 12-20 mm long, acute or rounded-obtuse at the apex, distinctly shining above, dull below; venation pinnate, obscure above and the midrib raised and the main laterals distinct below. Inflorescencess at the nodes, pedunculate 3-rayed umbels of triads with all flowers sessile; peduncle 12-15 mm long; rays 0.5-1 (rarely to 3.5) mm long. Corolla in mature bud 4-or 5-merous, c. 25 mm long, red below grading to yellow and green above. Anther c. 1.5 mm long, about half as long as the free part of the filament.