Small shrub up to 2 m. Leaves 1-pinnate, leaflets 9-13. Petiole (6-) 14-30 (-45) cm long; stipules a narrow wing 3-9 by 0.3-0.5 cm, scar narrow, similarly long; rachis 15-30 (-48) cm, ferruginous-ly pubescent. Leaflets elliptic to elliptic-oblong, basal leaflets occasionally ovate, (10-)15-21(-25) by (3-)5-7(-9) cm, glabrous, chartaceous; pearl glands not seen; margin serrate to biserrate; apex acuminate; base obtuse to rounded (sometimes cuneate in apical leaflets); nerves (8-) 10-13 pairs, ferruginously pubescent; petiolules 3-15 mm. Inflorescences up to 8 (-12) cm long, condensed, ferruginously pubescent; bracts narrowly triangular up to 5 by 2 mm; peduncle up to 8 cm, lateral and ultimate branches of inflorescence highly condensed. Flowers 5-merous, red. Calyx 2 by 2 mm, pubescent; lobes 1 by 1 mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 3 mm; corolla lobes 2 by 1½ mm. Staminodial tube 3 mm long; upper free part 1¼-1½ mm, lobes retusely apiculate, sinuses shallow, to ½ mm; upper part 1½ mm. Filaments 1 mm, anthers 1 mm. Ovary 6-celled, style 2 mm. Fruit c. 12 mm ø, red; seeds usually 6, c. 5 by 4 mm, rumination outline simple, endosperm simply ruminate.
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