Tree to 8 m; bole to 7.5 cm diam. with ascending branches. Bark pale fawn; inner bark straw. Leafy twigs c. 4 mm diam. Leaves to 70 cm long, up to 7-jugate; petiole 5–10 cm; rachis 2–3 mm diam., terete with minute pseudogemmula and inflorescence scars and minute vegetative (Fisher & Rutishauser, l.c.) and inflorescence buds. Leaflets 7.5–25 by 3.3–9.5 cm, obovate to elliptic, ± glabrescent except for hairier midrib, apex weakly acuminate, costae 6–12 on each side; petiolules (5–) 10–23 mm long. Inflorescence to 9 cm long, not or sparsely branched, epiphyllous and usually arising near petiolules; bracteoles to 1.5 mm long; pedicels 2–12 mm. Calyx 3–4 mm long, cupulate to cylindrical with pseudopedicel c. 1 mm long, pubescent, margin truncate, sometimes ± split at one point. Petals 4, 7.5 mm long, ± densely adpressed pubescent without, pinkish, alternative. Staminal tube c. 6.5 mm long, pubescent within and, except at top and bottom, without, margin ± truncate; anthers 7 or 8, c. 2 mm long, locellate, inserted c. 3 mm within tube, connective pubescent. Disk small. Ovary pubescent (female flowers unknown); style with long ascending hairs except near apex; stylehead c. 0.5 mm diam. Fruits to 6 cm long, 2.3 cm diam., fusiform, 3-or 4-locular, ± pubescent. Seeds 3 or 4, c. 18 mm long, ± ellipsoid; testa black; aril orange-red, covering adaxial surface.
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