Flowering twigs c. 2 mm in diam., strigose. Leaves 3-jugate; petiole 5.5-6 cm long, flattened above, rounded below, towards the apex terete; rachis 7-7.5 cm long, terete; petiole and rachis striate, strigose; petiolules 5-7 mm long, grooved above, with some short appressed hairs. Leaflets alternate to opposite, ovate, slightly asymmetric, 8-11.2 by 2.4-3.2 cm, index 3-3.7, chartaceous, above and below almost totally glabrous, midrib with some very short appressed hairs; base cuneate; apex acuminate, acumen 8-16 mm long, rounded; margin entire; midrib above slightly prominent, nerves 12-16 per side, 5-7 mm apart. Inflorescences axillary, 2 per axil, c. 11 cm long, with long branches, laxly flowered. Sepals 6, scarious rim (rather) wide, outside shortly appressed-hairy in basal part, margin ciliate, also with dark coloured glands, inside with very few, appressed hairs, outer about elliptic, 1.6-1.9 by 1.2 mm, inner broadly elliptic, 2.2 by 1.9 mm. Petals 5, Ungulate, 1.8-2.3 by 0.5-0.7 mm, outside and inside with some appressed hairs, margin ciliate; scales 2, not crested, 0.6-0.7 mm, woolly at the apex. Disc glabrous. Stamens 8, exserted; filaments 3.6 mm, patently hairy except upper quarter; anthers 0.6 mm, glabrous. Pistillode 3-celled, outside hairy. Fruits not known.
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