Tree 5–8 m. tall; bark fibrous; ends of twigs densely covered with persistent stipule-bases.. Leaves 2–4 together at the ends of the twigs, imparipinnate; stipules lanceolate-subulate, connate at the base, persistent; rhachis pubescent, including the 9–12 mm. long petiole 6–7 cm. long, prolonged 6–9 mm. beyond the last pair of lateral leaflets; leaflets subopposite, elliptic-oblong, 2–3 cm. long, 9–14 mm. wide, puberulent and with a prominent vein-network on both surfaces.. Racemes many-flowered, 5–7 cm. long, borne at the ends of short shoots which are leafless at the time of flowering, covered with a silky yellowish indumentum; pedicels 10–13 mm. long, each with a lanceolate bract attached 1–4 mm. above the base.. Calyx silky, 5–6 mm. long, divided to just above the middle into 5 subequal lanceolate lobes.. Petals 5, free, white, glabrous, imbricate, oblong-obovate, notched at the apex, 5–6 mm. long, inserted in the lower part of the calyx-tube.. Stamens 10, free, all alike, inserted with the petals and rather longer than them; anthers small, oval.. Ovary 1–2-ovulate, pubescent, ± 6 mm. long, including the short glabrous stipe and style; stigma small, capitate.. Fruit narrowly oblong, ± 3–4 cm. long, tapered to a short stipe, bluntly pointed, papery, appressed pubescent.
Bushland on limestone. Single trees in open scrub vegetation, near arable land; Acacia, Commiphora open deciduous bushland on red sandy loam; at elevations from 300-1,000 metres.
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