Tree to 20 m high with most parts brown-velutinous. Leaves: axes with sessile glands near petiole base, at pinnae pairs and at leaflet pairs; pinnae (2–) 3–5-jugate; leaflets with petiolules to 2 mm long, 2–4 (–5)-jugate, ovate, elliptic, obovate or oblong, acute to obtuse, 2–10 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, only sparsely hairy above except on main veins. Inflorescences terminal and ramuliflorous, paniculate. Flowers in head-like clusters, sessile or with pedicels to 1 mm long; perianth thick-walled; calyx campanulate, 7–8 mm long; corolla funnel-shaped, 18–28 mm long. Pod woody, c. 9 cm long, 20 mm wide, puberulous, bright red within. Seeds not seen.