Tree up to 15 m, flying buttresses sometimes present, up to 1½ m high. Twigs and young parts usually minutely fulvously pubescent. Leaves 1-(or 2-)pinnate, leaflets 7-15. Petiole (3-)5-10 cm; stipules a narrow wing 5-10 mm broad extending the length of the petiole; scar narrow; rachis (5-) 8-20 (-30) cm. Leaflets elliptic or narrowly ovate, (6-) 14-22(-30) by (3-)5-9 (-11) cm, usually glabrous, sometimes finely fulvously pubescent or with indumentum of coarse hairs, subcoriaceous to coriaceous; pearl glands globose, black, sometimes conspicuous; nerves 8-16 pairs; petiolules 5-25 mm. Inflorescences 13-35 cm long, when young usually finely fulvously pubescent, glabrous when older, pendulous, lax; bracts deltoid, up to 2 mm long, inconspicuous; peduncle 4-10 cm, main branches long, numerous, ultimate branches somewhat compact. Flowers 4-or 5-merous, sometimes both in one inflorescence, creamy white. Calyx usually pubescent, 4 by 4 mm, lobes 1½-2 by 1½-2mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 6-8 mm; corolla lobes 6 by 2 mm, usually pubescent. Staminodial tube c. 6 mm long; upper free part 4-4½ mm, lobes shallowly retuse, sinuses shallow; upper part 1½-2 mm. Filaments 3 mm, anthers 2 mm. Ovary 6-celled, style 3-4 mm. Fruit c. 30 mm ø, red-orange; seeds usually 6, c. 15 by 10 mm, rumination outline complexly branched, endosperm semi-complex with extra ingrowths on the lateral face.
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