Small treelet 1-3 m, stem often corrugated to fluted. Leaves usually appearing as 1-foliolate by reduction of the lowest pair of leaflets of a 3-or 5-foliolate leaf to structureless foliar outgrowths. Petiole 1-12 cm; stipules a narrow wing, 3-11 mm broad, along the entire length of the petiole, scars similarly long, narrow. Leaflets broadly obovate to obovate (-oblong), (18-) 25-60 (-75) by (10-)15-25 (-30) cm (lateral leaflets if present to 6 by 4cm), glabrous, subcoriaceous; pearl glands numerous, black, stellate; margin toothed; apex acuminate; base rounded to obtuse; nerves 12-20 pairs, veins minutely pubescent. Inflorescences 3-9 (-14) cm long, condensed, glabrous; bracts narrowly triangular up to 5 by 3 mm; peduncle up to 4 cm long, usually bearing 3 main branches, ultimate branches highly condensed. Flowers 4-merous, creamy white. Calyx c. 4 by 4 mm, lobes 2 by 2 mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 5 mm; corolla lobes 3 by 2 mm. Staminodial tube c. 4 mm long; upper free part 2½-3 mm, lobes shallowly retuse, somewhat fleshy, sinuses shallow; lower free part ½ mm. Filaments 2 mm, anthers 2 mm. Ovary 4-celled, style 3 mm. Fruit 10-12 mm ø, yellow to orange-brown; seeds usually 4, c. 7 by 7 mm, rumination outline complexly reticulate, endosperm complexly ruminate.
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