Undershrub up to 3 m. Young parts sometimes rusty pubescent. Leaves 1-foliolate or pinnate, leaflets 1-9. Petiole up to 6 cm long; stipules a narrow wing 2-5 mm wide, in 1-foliolate examples extending the length of the petiole, in pinnate examples 2-3 cm long; scar narrow, similarly long. Leaflets elliptic to elliptic-oblong, (3-) 8-27 (-35) by (1½-)2-5 (-9) cm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, chartaceous; pearl glands black, globular-depressed, sometimes frequent; margin shallowly crenate to repand; apex (long-) acuminate; base subauriculate; nerves 6-20 pairs, glabrous to pubescent. Inflorescences to 4 cm, condensed, pubescent; bracts narrowly triangular, inconspicuous; peduncle to 1 cm, main branches usually 3, ultimate branches short, few-flowered. Flowers 5-merous, greenish white. Calyx 2½ by 2½ mm, pubescent, lobes 1 by 1½ mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 3-4 mm; corolla lobes 2-3 by 1-1½ mm. Staminodial tube 2-2½ mm; upper free part 1-1½ mm, lobes shallowly retuse, sinuses shallow; upper part ¾-1 mm. Filaments 1½ mm, anthers 1 mm. Ovary 4-or 5-celled, style 1-2 mm. Fruit 9-12 mm ø; seeds usually (2) 3-5, c. 5 by 5 mm, rumination outline simple, endosperm simply branched.
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