Tree to 8 m high; bole to 8 cm diam.; bark smooth. Leaves ± alternate, stiletto-like in bud, 14–25 cm long, 2 (or 3)-jugate, with terminal spike or its scar; petiole 7.5–10 cm long; leaflets ovate to oblong, 12–34 cm long, 5–12 cm wide, weakly asymmetric at base, acute at apex or with acumen to 8 mm long, glabrous. Thyrses axillary, sometimes in axils of undeveloped leaves, subspiciform, 8–35 cm long; axis ± subglabrous, bearing cymules of 1–3 flowers; bracts c. 0.5 mm long, caducous; pedicels 3–4 mm long, pubescent, articulated with short pseudopedicels. Calyx shallowly cupular, 3–4 mm diam. Petals 4, oblong, 5–6 mm long, cream. Staminal tube narrowed towards apex, subglabrous, cream; margin shallowly crenulate to ± dentate; anthers 8. Disc c. 1 mm long. Ovary 4-locular. Capsule subspherical, abruptly rostrate. Seeds 2 or 3, flattened ellipsoid to hemispherical, c. 2.5–3 cm long; sarcotesta glossy, orange-brown.
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