Tree, c. 10 m high. Branchlets velutinous; flowering twigs 2-4 mm thick. Leaves 1-or 2-jugate; rachis 2.2-9.5 cm long, terete, velutinous, petiole 1.1-4.8 cm long; petiolules up to 0.9 cm long. Leaflets usually subsessile, subopposite, ovate (to elliptic), 6.6-17.8 by 3.4-8.2 cm, index 1.9-2.3, ± symmetrical, coriaceous, punctate; base attenuate; margin entire, flat; apex acuminate to cuspidate, mucronulate; upper surface especially hirsute on the venation; lower surface duller, smooth, not papillate, hirsute, domatia 0 or 1 sac on basiscopic side in axil of second nerve; venation on upper side flat, raised on lower; nerves 0.4-2.5 cm apart, marginally looped and joined; veins laxly reticulate, indistinct. Inflorescences axillary, hirsute, with very young buds. Sepals 5, margin with glands. Petals 5, elliptic, apex acute, white; scales free, apex not broadened; crest clavate, stipitate, glabrous. Disc uninterrupted. Stamens 8; filaments pilose; anthers glabrous. Pistil: ovary subhirsute. Fruits unknown.
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