Treelet up to 5 m, single-or multi-stemmed, ultimate parts of the stem glabrous to pubescent, sometimes slightly ribbed. Leaves 1-(or 2-) pinnate, clustered at the apex of the stem. Petiole 15-30 cm; stipules a narrow wing, 17-25 by ¾-1 cm, scar broad, similarly long; rachis 30-80 cm. Leaflets ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, less frequently elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, (15-) 20-30 (-45) by 6-20 cm, glabrous to densely pubescent; pearl glands depressed-globular, black, numerous; margin sinuate to shallowly dentate; apex acuminate; base obtuse to cuneate; nerves 8-20 pairs; petiolules up to 4 cm. Inflorescences 4-8 cm long, condensed, glabrous to pubescent; bracts narrowly triangular up to 8 by 3 mm; peduncle up to 2 cm, main branches short, ultimate branches few-flowered. Flowers 5-merous, orange-yellow. Calyx c. 7 by 7 mm, somewhat inflated around the corolla tube, glabrous, lobes 1½-2 by 2-3 mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 7-8 mm; corolla lobes 5-6 by 1½-2½ mm. Staminodial tube 7-8 mm long; upper free part 3-4 mm, lobes deeply (1-1½ mm) strongly bifid, sinuses deep, c. 2 mm; lower part 2½-3½ mm, appearing fused with corolla tube in material available. Filaments 3-4 mm, anthers 3-3½ mm. Ovary 6-8-celled, style 4-5 mm. Fruit 25-40 mm ø, orange-red; seeds usually 6, c. 15 by 6 mm, rumination outline complexly branched, endosperm semi-complex with extra ingrowth on the lateral face.
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