Evergreen shrub or small tree to 10 m. tall; branches slender, grey-brown, initially coarsely hairy.. Petiole 0–0.5 cm. long; rhachis 3–8 cm. long, with white or brown bristly hairs; petiolules 0–5 mm. long, fleshy, moderately or sparsely hairy; lowermost leaflet reniform or ovate, 0.5–2 cm. long, 0.4–2.5 cm. wide, the second leaflet of the pair often inserted further up the rhachis and somewhat larger; uppermost leaflets rhomboid-elliptic or lanceolate, acute or rounded at the extreme apex and almost acuminate, 5–16 cm. long, 2–7 cm. wide; blade olive-green, glabrous apart from themidrib; lateral veins faint, in 7–10 pairs.. Inflorescence 3.5–11 cm. long, with up to 2 branches; rhachis and pedicels pilose; flowers in clusters of 2–3, subtended by caducous bracts 0.5 mm. long; pedicels 1.6–2 mm. long.. Calyx-lobes oblong-ovate, the 2–3 larger ones 1.5–2 mm. long, 1–1.2 mm. wide, externally pubescent (very sparsely so in Angola) and slightly pubescent inside at the top.. Male flowers: petals narrowly elliptic-oblong, 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide; filaments 1.3 mm. long, glabrous; rudimentary ovary 0.5 mm. long.. Female flower: petals narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, 2–3 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide, glabrous, ± venose, with an obtriangular slightly thickened claw 0.8 mm. long and inflexed scale with ciliate and erose margin; staminodes 2 mm. long; ovary ovoid, 2 mm. long and wide, pubescent or almost glabrous; style ± 1 mm. long.. Fruit yellow, subglobose, 2.5 cm. wide, grooved between the seeds; pedicels to 6 mm. long.. Fig. 9.
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