Tree to 8 m high. Stipules intrapetiolar, 1-2 mm long, sparsely puberulous outside, slightly hairy on edge. Leaves (2-)3-4(-6)-foliolate, shortly petioled; petiole and rachis 2.5-13.5 cm long. Leaflets chartaceous, obovate, oblanceolate, 9-15(-20) by 3.5-6.5 cm, apex abruptly, shortly caudate to cuspidate; base cuneate to attenuate, often unsymmetric; glabrous above, loosely, minutely appressedly puberulous, glabrescent (or almost glabrous except on the midrib) beneath; nerves 5-7 per side; petiolules 3-5 mm, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, 20-30 cm long, pendulous, rachis puberulous, rather densely flowered; bracts c. 2 mm long, the outer ones ovate, inner ones 3-lobed (the middle lobe redivided into a 3-5-pointed fork) and fan-shaped, caducous, deciduous or persistent, puberulous, glabrescent, often minutely ciliate on the margin; bracteoles minute, triangular, 0.35-0.75 mm long; pedicels 1.5-3 mm, articulated at the apex, puberulous. Flowers yellowish or greenish white, puberulous outside, glabrescent, glabrous inside. Hypanthium c. 1 mm long. Calyx lobes oblong-ovate or ovate, 3-4 by 1.5-2 mm. Stamens 10; filaments 4-7 mm, glabrous; anthers 0.75 mm long. Pistil stipitate; stipe 1-1.5 mm long, free, glabrous; ovary c. 3 mm long, 4-(or 5-) ovuled; style 3-5 mm, glabrous, recurved; stigma minute, round. Pods not seen.
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