Diffuse shrub or small tree to 4 m high, often with 2 or more main branches from near base, suckering apparently from horizontal roots. Branchlets sparsely appressed-sericeous, glabrescent. Leaves compound, rarely simple, terete, 4-12 cm long, rusty or white appressed-pubescent, soon glabrescent; final segments 2-9, (0.3-) 1.5-5 (-7) cm long, (1-) 1.2-1.8 (-2) mm wide, widely spreading, ±rigid; mucro porrect, 1-2 mm long; undivided base (1.7-) 2-4.5 (-6.5) cm long. Inflorescence axillary with 40-50 flowers; rachis 25-45 (-50) mm long, with sparse to moderately dense simple often gland-tipped hairs and usually appressed sericeous hairs as well, with similar but ±denser indumentum on pedicels and perianth. Flowers cream-white, mid-green on limb with purple flush; pedicels 8-10 mm long. Perianth recurved in mature bud, 9-12 mm long. Pistil c. 20 mm long; style recurved, cream-white; pollen presenter oblique, mid-green, malformed with thin cone and distorted flange. Fruit not formed.
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