Shrub or tree to 8 m, with spreading bushy crown; bark grey, fissured; bark of branchlets fawn to reddish brown becoming silvery grey, newest extension growth dark crimson, puberulous; branchlets often almost at right-angles to main axis, sometimes 3–4 radiating from one node.. Leaves densely crowded at ends of short side shoots and also on much abbreviated side shoots along main branchlets, 3.5–9 cm long; petiole and rachis pubescent to puberulous; lateral leaflets in (2–)3(–4) pairs, alternate or subopposite at base of leaf and opposite at apex of leaf, approximately same size along rachis or sometimes slightly smaller towards the base of the leaf, elliptic to rotund, 11–25 mm long, 9–20 mm wide, rounded and apiculate or emarginate at the apex, unequally rounded to cuneate at the base, terminal leaflet circular, symmetrical at base, margins entire or sometimes faintly crenulate, glabrous; petiolules short or sometimes absent at the apex, on terminal leaflet much longer, 5–10 mm long on well developed leaves, glabrous to pubescent.. Inflorescence 3–6.5 cm long, pubescent to glabrescent.. Flowers greenish yellow to cream.. Sepals 1.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, pubescent outside, glabrous inside.. Petals imbricate, lanceolate, 3–5 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, apex subacute, with minute globose glands towards base within, glabrous within, puberulous outside, more densely along the centre.. Stamens in staminate flowers with filaments 2.5–3.5 mm long, glabrous; anthers elliptic to broadly elliptic, 0.5–1 mm long.. Disc ± 1.5 mm in diameter.. Gynoecium in pistillate flowers glabrous; carpels usually 4, each with 2 locules, forming an ovary ± 2 mm long, 1 mm wide; styles ± 1.5 mm long before falling.. Fruits ellipsoid to shortly cylindric, 10–12 mm long, 6–8 mm wide, mostly broadly rounded at both ends, composed of 4(–6) mericarps, shortly pubescent to puberulous, each mericarp with 2 locules.. Fig. 2.
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It is a deciduous tree. It grows up to 8 m high. The bark is smooth or slightly cracked and dark grey. There are root tubers. The leaves are on short shoots. There are 5-9 leaflets and the base is wedge shaped. They are 1-3 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. The flowers are greenish cream and in groups 3-7 cm long. The petals are 3-5 mm long. The fruit are narrowly oval and pink. They are 10-12 mm long by 6-8 mm wide. They are four angled.
Acacia-Commiphora bushland, common or occasional, on red sandy or stony soil or on limestone at elevations from 100 1,000 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in dry soils in shrubland. It grows between 200-800 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
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