Woody shrub up to 1 m, rootstock creeping. Leaves 1-foliolate, 3-foliolate or pinnate, leaflets 1-7. Petiole 4-18 cm; stipules a. narrow wing 2-5 mm broad, 2-4 cm long; scar narrow, similarly long; rachis up to 25 cm. Leaflets, in 1-foliolate examples: elliptic to elliptic-oblong or obovate, (6-) 12-24 (-28) by (3-) 8-12 (-14) cm, in 3-foliolate and pinnate examples: elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate or ovate to ovate-lanceolate, (8-) 10-20(-24) by (3-)4-8 (-12) cm, glabrous, chartaceous to subcoriaceous; pearl glands stellate, infrequent; margin repand to dentate; apex acuminate; base rounded to cordate; nerves 9-14 pairs, usually 5-nerved at the base; petiolules up to 25 mm. Inflorescences up to 5 cm long, condensed, glabrous to sparsely pubescent; bracts deltoid to triangular, inconspicuous; peduncle 1-2 cm, main branches usually 3, ultimate branches condensed. Flowers 5-merous, white. Calyx c. 2½ by 2½ mm, lobes 1 by 1½-2 mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 1¾-2 (-2½)mm; corolla lobes 2-2½ by lmm. Staminodial tube 1-1¼ mm long; upper free part 1 mm, lobes retuse, sinuses shallow; upper part 0.3-0.5 mm. Filaments 1 mm, anthers ½-1 mm. Ovary 4-6-celled, style 1 mm. Fruit c. 10 mm ø; seeds frequently only 1-3 by abortion, 6 by 4 mm, rumination outline simple, endosperm simply ruminate.
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