Shrubby treelet, 1.5 m high, several stems together; wood soft. Flowering twigs c. 5 mm in diam., grooved, puberulous. Leaves 7-8-jugate; petiole 14-15 cm long, flattened above, rounded below, towards the apex terete, striate, puberulous; rachis 27.7-30.5 cm long, terete, striate, puberulous; petiolules 4-6 cm, grooved above, puberulous. Leaflets alternate to opposite, elliptic, slightly asymmetric, c. 14 by 4 cm, index c. 3.5, charta-ceous, above almost glabrous, midrib and nerves puberulous, below very thinly puberulous, midrib more densely so; base cuneate; apex obtuse; margin dentate in upper part, rarely entire; midrib slightly sunken above, nerves 19-21 per side, 4-10 mm apart, angle to midrib 70-80°. Inflorescences axillary, 13-16.5 cm long, with long branches, laxly flowered. Flowers known from young buds only. Sepals hairy on both sides. Petals with scales. Disc with 5 tufts of hairs. Stamens 8, anthers glabrous. Young fruits bright orange, 3-celled, triangular in cross section, acute at apex and base, outside yellowish villose, inside villose. Young seeds basally attached, with an arillode.
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