Tree to 8 m high. Leaves trifoliolate and/or simple. Trifoliolate leaves: petiole 2–5.5 cm long; laminae elliptic or elliptic-obovate, in terminal leaflet 6.5–12.5 cm long, 2.5–4.5 cm wide, pubescent or sparsely so, at least abaxially on midrib and secondary veins, with 7–10 secondary veins on each side of midrib, divergent at angle of c. 50°. Simple leaves: petiole 0.65–1.5 cm long; lamina elliptic, 4.5–8 cm long, 2–3 cm wide, otherwise similar to trifoliolate leaves. Inflorescences 1.8–9 cm long; axis pubescent. Sepals 1.5–2 mm long, adaxially pubescent or sparsely so. Petals c. 2.5 mm long, white or cream, adaxially pubescent, deciduous in fruit. Anthers 0.3–0.4 mm long. Gynoecium tomentose; stigma capitate, 4-lobed. Follicles 4.5–5 mm long; exocarp puberulous. Seeds 4–4.5 mm long, black.
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