Small tree up to 3 m. Leaves 1-or 2-pinnate. Petiole over 30 cm (c. 40 cm in plate); stipules 6 by 3 cm, scar 4 cm; rachis 60-?120 cm. Petiole, rachis and costa with crisped fluted emergences. Leaflets elliptic-oblong, (13-) 30-40 by (7-) 10-17 cm, glabrous, chartaceous; pearl glands subglobose, black; margins shallowly denticulate; apex acuminate; base rounded; nerves 10-18 pairs, slightly pubescent and with small emergences; petiolules 5-15 mm. Inflorescences c. 5 cm overall. Flowers unknown. Fruit c. 10 mm ø; seeds 6.