Understorey tree up to 7 m, stem often ribbed and fluted. Leaves clustered at the apex of the stem, (?1-)2-pinnate. Petiole 10-50 cm; stipules half elliptic (3-)5-9 by 1½-2½ cm, scar narrowly triangular, similarly long; rachis 20-50 cm (or more). Leaflets ovate to ovate-oblong, (12-)30-40(-50) by (6-) 11-20 cm, glabrous, chartaceous to subcoriaceous; pearl glands globular, black, sparse; margin shallowly serrulate; apex acuminate; base obtuse, rarely cuneate; nerves (8-) 14-18 pairs; petiolules up to 2 cm, often winged and fluted. Inflorescences up to 25 cm long, then lax with few branches, usually to 6 cm and highly condensed, rusty pubescent when young; bracts deltoid to triangular; peduncle up to 13 cm, main and ultimate branches usually condensed, rarely with 3 main branches. Flowers 5-merous, white. Calyx 3½-5 by 3½-5 mm, lobes 1 by 2 mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 5 mm; corolla lobes 3-4 by 2 mm. Staminodial tube 3½-5½ mm; upper free part 2½-3½ mm, lobes shallowly retuse, sinuses c. 1 mm deep; upper part 1-2 mm. Filaments 1½-2 mm, anthers 2½-3 mm. Ovary 6-10-celled, style 3-4 mm. Fruit 20-25 (-40) mm ø, red with thick fleshy skin; seeds usually 6, 6-10 by 4-5 mm, rumination outline simple, endosperm semi-complex with an extra ingrowth on the lateral face.
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