Unbranched tree up to 14 m high. Branchlets terete, probably glabrous. Stipules unknown, stipular glands present. Leaves: rachis 20-22 cm, patently puberulous, glands not known; pinnae 1 pair, up to 70 cm, densely puberulous by semi-patent hairs, glands circular, suburceolate, with a narrow orifice, margins raised, c. 2 mm in diameter; petiolules 7 mm, dark brown, pilose or hirsute; leaflets 5-7 pairs per pinna, proximal pairs sometimes alternate, chartaceous, drying grey, equal-sided, broadly ovate or elliptic, up to 25 by 10-16 cm, base rounded, often somewhat decur-rent into the petiolule, apex obtuse to shortly acuminate, apiculate; upper surface minutely pilose, lower surface densely pilose on the veins; principal lateral veins 7 or 8 per leaflet-half, arching, non-parallel, connected by trabeculate anastomoses; reticulation inconspicuous above, raised beneath. Inflorescence below the leaves, racemelike, simple, 3-6 cm. Calyx 2-4 mm, puberulous. Corolla 8-10 mm, puberulous. Stamens and ovaries not known. Pod scarlet outside, yellow within, curved, valves twisted after dehiscence, c. 7-10 by 2 cm, fleshy-coriaceous, glabrous, veins inconspicuous, dehiscing first along the dorsal suture. Seeds black, oblong, up to 15 by 10 mm.
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