Tree 21 m high and 29 cm in diam. Stipules lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm long, deciduous. Leaves 1-(or 2-)foliolate; petiole up to 12 mm, the apical part prolonged laterally at the base of the petiolule into a usually deciduous, short tip, petiolule up to c. 5 mm, both loosely puberulous. Leaflets chartaceous or subcoriaceous, oblong-or obovate-elliptic, 15-22 by 6-8 cm; apex rotund, or apiculate; base cuneate, symmetric; almost glabrous except sometimes sparsely puberulous often along the midrib above, loosely, minutely puberulous beneath; nerves c. 9 per side. Inflorescences terminal, or sometimes seemingly axillary, solitary or up to 4-fasciculate, 7-12 cm long, erect, puberulous, densely flowered; bracts ovate, sometimes 3-lobed at the apical part, c. 2 mm long, puberulous outside, persistent; bracteoles at the lower part of the pedicel, very small, triangular, c. 1 mm long; pedicels c. 3 mm, articulated at the base, puberulous. Flowers green, sparsely puberulous outside. Hypanthium c. 1 mm long, loosely puberulous inside. Calyx lobes ovate or obovate, 4-5 by 2.5-3.5 mm, glabrous inside. Stamens (8-) 10; filaments 5-10 mm, glabrous; anthers c. 1 mm long; connective slightly broader than the anther cells. Pistil shortly stipitate; stipe c. 1 mm, free, slightly loosely puberulous; ovary 2-3 mm long, (3-or) 4-ovuled; style 3-5 mm, hairy except glabrous at the apical part; stigma slightly thicker than the style. Pods not seen.
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