Tree up to 15 m, often stilt-rooted. Leaves 1-pinnate, leaflets (5-) 7(-9). Petiole 5-10 cm; stipules a narrow wing 3-5 mm broad extending the whole length of the petiole; scar narrow; rachis up to 50 cm. Leaflets elliptic to elliptic-oblong (-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate), (8-) 15-30 (-35) by (5-) 7-12 (-15) cm, usually glabrous, rarely with sparse coarse hairs, subcoriaceous to coriaceous; pearl glands black, globose; margin sinuate to repand; apex acuminate; base rounded to obtuse; nerves 6-20 pairs; petiolules 5-25 mm long. Inflorescences (20-)30-70 cm long, usually glabrous, (if pubescent then coarsely so and not fulvous), pendulous, lax; bracts deltoid, up to 2 mm long, inconspicuous; peduncle 5-20 cm, lateral branches of inflorescence long, ultimate branches somewhat spreading. Flowers 5-merous, cream. Calyx glabrous to sparsely pubescent, 3 by 4 mm, lobes ½-1 mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 8-11 mm long; corolla lobes 7-8 by 2 mm, uiually glabious. Staminodial tube 6-10 mm long; upper free part 6-9 mm, lobes retuse, sinuses shallow; upper part ½-1 mm. Filaments 5-7 mm, anthers 3-5 mm. Ovary 6-celled, style 4-6 mm. Fruit c. 30 mm ø, red-orange; seeds usually 6, 10 by 5 mm, rumination outline simple, endosperm simply ruminate.
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