Treelet to 3 m; bole to 4 cm diam.; young parts ± fulvous villous or hirsute. Leafy twigs c. 5 mm diam., glabrous. Leaves to 50 cm long, to 6-jugate; petiole c. 10 cm, ± conspicuously fulvescent like rachis. Leaflets 10–22 by 4–7 cm, oblong or (proximal ones) elliptic and weakly lobed, bases ± rounded, apices acuminate, costae 8–15 on each side, venation ± conspicuously fulvescent abaxially, prominent; petiolules 5–10 mm long. Inflorescences to 50 cm, narrowly paniculiform, borne on tubercles on trunk, branches, or axillary; axis 1.5 mm diam., ± prominently fulvous villous, with few, few-flowered branches to 4 cm. Calyx 4–5 mm long, cupular to cylindrical, ± densely adpressed fulvescent, margin truncate. Petals 4, to 18 mm long, spathulate, pinkish red, ± subvillous without, alternative. Staminal tube c. 16 mm long, cylindrical, villous without, glabrous within, margin truncate; anthers 8, c. 2 mm long, locellate, glabrous, inserted c. 1.5 mm within tube. Ovary densely villous; style adpressed pubescent except in distal third; stylehead subcapitate. Female flowers and fruits unknown.
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