Trees up to 10 m. tall with a 2–3 m. clear bole, diameter at breast height up to 50 cm.; bark smooth, pale, peeling in wide strips; slash reddish or streaky brown and white, exuding a fragrant resin; young branches pubescent.. Leaves 20–40 cm. long, grey pubescent-tomentose; petiole 3–30 mm. long; leaflets 13–25, oblong-lanceolate, subfalcate, sessile; rounded, truncate or subcordate at the base, crenate or bicrenate at the margin, attenuate apically, with ± 11 pairs of principal lateral veins, up to 8 cm. long near the middle of the leaf, shorter above and below; a tiny caducous basal pair usually present just above the base.. Flowers white or pinkish in pubescent semi-precocious compound racemes up to 30 cm. long; pedicels 3–6 mm. long in flower, up to 12 mm. in fruit.. Calyx ± 2 mm. long.. Petals elliptic, ± 5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide.. Filaments glabrous, ± 3 mm. long, narrowing gradually from the base; anthers ± 2 mm. long.. Disc minutely pubescent.. Ovary glabrous, sessile, ovoid, ± 1.5 mm. long; style ± 1.5 mm. long and 0.7 mm. in diameter; stigma globose, ± 1 mm. in diameter.. Fruit glabrous, ± 22 mm. long, 7–8 mm. wide, widest ± 9 mm. below the apex; nutlets shield-shaped ± 5 mm. wide and 6 mm. vertically including a 1 mm. apical spine, the other 3 angles blunt.. Fig. 2/1, p.6.
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A small tree. It grows 12 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark has resin ducts. The trunk is straight and the crown is round. The bark is pale brown and peels off in large flakes. The leaves are large and compound. There are 11-29 leaflets on a long stalk. They are narrowly oval and have a wavy or toothed edge. The flowers have a sweet scent. They are white or pink. They are on long red flower stalks. These are in loose groups at the ends of the branches.
Stony hillsides, often dominant and forming pure stands; sandy valleys; dry, rocky or more or less shallow soils; on granite; dry Acacia, Commiphora woodland and wooded grassland; at elevations from 400- 1,830 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It is drought resistant. It grows on dry rocky sites. Often trees are on steep slopes and in shallow soils.
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