Tree 3–24 (–30) m high, deciduous; trunk to 1 m diam., may be buttressed. Leaves 9–26 cm long; axes minutely puberulous or glabrous with 1 large oval gland on petiole and small circular glands at distal pairs of pinnae; pinnae (5–) 8–22-jugate. Leaflets 26–58-jugate, narrowly oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 3–10.5 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, ciliolate or sparingly appressed-puberulous. Inflorescences compound panicles of short spikes; peduncles 3–15 mm long; flowering portion 3–13 mm long. Flowers sessile or rarely with pedicels to 0.6 mm long, pale yellow (petals green, white or cream, fide Cooper & Cooper 2004: 314), 4–5 mm long, glabrous. Pod narrowly oblong, flat, 9–16 cm long, (15–) 20–33 mm wide, glabrous. Seeds flat, oblate, c. 7.5–10 mm long, c. 7–8 mm wide, c. 1.5 mm thick, brown.
Grows in dry rainforest, vine thickets, monsoon forest and behind mangrove associations. See also Turnbull et al. (1986: 220–221).
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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