Treelet up to 3 m. Leaves 1-foliolate, 7-9 clustered at the apex of the stem. Petiole 2-6 cm; stipules a narrow wing c. 5 mm broad along the entire length of the petiole. Leaflets elliptic to elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong, 13-22 by 4-9 cm, glabrous, coriaceous; pearl glands sparse, stellate; margin crenately lobed; apex acuminate; base subcordate; nerves c. 14 pairs. Inflorescences c. 5 cm long, condensed, few-flowered, ± glabrous; bracts triangular, up to 5 by 3 mm; peduncle 1-3 cm, usually with 3 short main branches, ultimate branches few. Flowers 4-merous, only fragments seen. Calyx c. 2½ by 2½ mm, lobes triangular, 1 by 1½ mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes c. 3 mm; corolla lobes c. 2 mm long. Staminodial tube: upper free part c. 1½ mm, lobes slightly cleft, sinuses shallow; lower free part indiscernible. Filaments 1¼ mm, anthers 1 mm. Ovary appearing 4-celled; style c. 1 mm. Fruit 15 mm ø, red; seeds usually 4, c. 6 by 6 mm, rumination outline complexly reticulate, endosperm complexly ruminate.
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