Shrub, glabrous except for the inflorescences. Twigs terete, 4-8 mm in diam., blackish, verruculous by small, orbicular lenticels. Leaves sometimes with pseudoterminal leaflet, 3-6-jugate; petiole semi terete, 10-20 cm, swollen at base, narrowly winged at least in the upper part, wings if complete: broadened at the base into a pair of up to 3 cm wide, semiorbicular pseudo-stipules, swollen at base; rachis flattened above, up to 5 mm wide winged. Leaflets ± opposite, (sub)sessile with a swollen base, lanceolate, 17.5-30 by 3.5-5 cm, thin chartaceous, yellowish to greyish green on either side; base equal-sided, cuneate to subcordate apex long-tapering, obtuse; midrib prominu-lous above, prominent and acute beneath, nerves 1-3.5 cm apart, angle to midrib 55-60°, straight to slightly curved, looped and joined at some distance from the margin, equally prominulous on both surfaces;, some intercalary veins strongly developed, venation rather coarsely reticulate, equally prominulous on both surfaces or more distinct beneath. Inflorescences solitary, slender pyramidal thyrsoid, 25-30 cm long, minutely short fulvous hairy; peduncle up to 15 cm long, rather stout, branches patent, up to 6 cm, racemous, with many short.-stalked, several-flowered cymes; pedicels 2-3 mm long, slender. Flowers (female not observed) white. Sepals 5, outer 1 or 2 smaller, ovate, 1.2-1.8 by 1-1.5 mm, with some scattered glands along the margin, inner orbicular-obovate, 2-2.5 by 2-2.2 mm, partly petaloid, ciliolate partly with glandular hairs. Petals (3-)5, short-clawed, oblong-elliptic, 2 by 1 mm, sparsely ciliolate partly with glan-dula: hairs; scale small, bilobed. Disc complete, flat, more or less distinctly lobed. Stamens 5, anther, ovate, 1-1.5 mm, glabrous. Pistillode 2-mer-ous, glabrous. Fruits 2-lobed, not stipitate, red, parts globular, 7.5 mm in diam.
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