Small tree; branchlets glabrous, terete, ultimate ones 1 cm in diam. Leaves 1-foliolate, shortly petioled (petiole with petiolule c. 1 cm), subcoriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 15-18 by 6-7 cm; apex distinctly but obtusely acuminate; base broadly rounded; upper surface subolivaceous or subopaque when dry, brown below; nerves c. 7 per side. Racemes cauline, solitary, glabrous when old or partly ultimately, shortly, obscurely pubescent, at least 10 cm long. Flowers unknown. Pods compressed, oblong-elliptic, slightly unequal-sided, 8 by 4 cm, outer surface pale brown and densely shortly pubescent, 2-or 3-seeded.