Tree 5–10 m. high, branching from as low as 1 m.; bark dark grey.. Leaves clustered at the apices of the branchlets, 1–7-foliolate; petiole 1–4 cm. long in unifoliolate leaves, rachis 5–8 cm. long in compound leaves, subcylindric, pubescent with stellate hairs; lamina obovate-elliptic or subrotundate, usually larger in unifoliolate leaves, 1.5–8.2 cm. long, 1–5.5 cm. broad, rounded and sometimes emarginate at the apex, cordate or obtuse and sometimes unequal-sided at the base, margin entire, papyraceous, discolorous, pubescent with stellate hairs but later glabrescent; midrib and lateral nerves prominent beneath; reticulation conspicuous beneath.. Inflorescences of pseudora-cemes or spike-like racemes crowded at the end of short corky branchlets, 2.5–5.5 cm. long, stellate-tomentose; bracts somewhat triangular, 0.5 mm. long and broad, pubescent; flowers crowded along the peduncle; pedicels 0.5–2 mm. long, pubescent.. Calyx-segments ovate to subcircular, ± 1 mm. long, glabrous.. Petals obovate to oblanceolate, 2–2.5 mm. long, 1–1.2 mm. broad.. Drupe obliquely ovoid, 7–8 mm. long, 5–8 mm. in diameter.
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A tree. It grows up to 9 m high. The bark is smooth and grey. The leaves have 1-7 leaflets. The leaf stalk is 4 cm long. The leaflets are 2-8 cm long by 1-6 cm wide. They are wedge shaped or heart shaped at the base. Male and female flowers are separate. The female flowers are in spike like groups 3-11 cm long. The flowers are yellow. The fruit is fleshy and 7-9 mm long by 5-8 mm wide.
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