Small treelet up to 5 m, stem up to 4 cm ø. Leaves 1-pinnate, 5-9 crowded at the apex of the stem; leaflets (5-) 7-11 (-13). Petiole 5-25 cm; stipules a narrow wing 5-12 mm broad, along the whole length of the petiole, scars similarly long, narrow; rachis (8-) 11-30 (-45) cm Jong. Leaflets elliptic to elliptic-oblong (-lanceolate), (7-) 15-30 (-35) by (3-) 8-12 (-16) cm, glabrous to sparsely fulvously pubescent, (sub)coriaceous; pearl glands sometimes dense and conspicuous, stellate; margin repand to shallowly dentate; apex acuminate; base obtuse to cuneate; nerves 8-16 pairs; petiolules 5-20 mm. Inflorescences 2-12 (-20) cm long, condensed, glabrous to densely fulvously pubescent; bracts deltoid to narrowly triangular, up to 4 by 2 mm; peduncle 1-3(-6) cm long, usually bearing 3 branches, ultimate branches highly condensed. Flowers 4-merous, white. Calyx 4 by 4 mm, lobes 1¾ by 2 mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 5-6 mm long; corolla lobes 3-4 by 2-2½ mm. Staminodial tube 4-5 mm long; upper free part 3-3½ mm, lobes shallowly retuse, sinuses shallow; lower free part 1 mm. Filaments 2-2½ mm, anthers 1-2 mm. Ovary 4-celled; style 2-4 mm. Fruit 15 mm ø, orange-brown; seeds usually 4, c. 7 by 5 mm, rumination outline simple or slightly branched.
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