Evergreen tree 2–18 m. high, nearly always forked at 3–6 m., with smooth brown or light grey bark flaking off in large plates; young branchlets glabrous.. Leaves: stipule-lobes foliaceous, ± persistent, semi-ovate, 0.5–1.2 cm. long, 0.2–0.5 cm. wide; leaflets in one pair only, ovate to oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 3.3–11 cm. long, 1.5–5.1 cm. wide, obtusely pointed or subacuminate at apex, glabrous (including margins).. Panicles up to ± 20 cm. long and wide, shortly blackish-brown-tomentose; pedicels of open flowers 1–1.5 cm. long.. Flowers white inside.. Bracteoles 11–15 mm. long, 8–12 mm. wide.. Sepals imbricate, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 5.5–6.5 mm. long, 3.5–5 mm. wide.. Petals very unequal; larger one ovate-elliptic, shortly clawed, 7–9 mm. long, 6–7 mm. wide; others very small, ovate-triangular, 1.5–4.5 mm. long, 0.5–1.5 mm. wide.. Pods brown-tomentose, 8–15 (or more) cm. long, 3–4.5 cm. wide.. Seeds dark brown, 1.9–2.2 × 1.4–1.7 cm.
Dense riverine forest with Khaya, Piptadenia, Albizia, etc.; at elevations from 1,080-1,580 metres.
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