Perennial, non-climbing suffrutex, 0.6-1.6 m high. Leaves 35-120 mm long. Leaflets 6-11-jugate, 7-21 x 1-11 mm, ovate to slightly obovate or elliptic, apex rounded, base cuneate, either both surfaces villous to tomentose or hairy on one surface. Stipules 3.5-12.0 mm long, lanceolate-acuminate. Inflorescence laxly racemose, 15-50-flowered; peduncles 50-140 mm long; bracts 2-6 mm long. Pedicels 4-5 mm long. Flowers 5-7 mm long. Calyx 2-3 mm long. Gynoecium: ovary glabrous or slightly hairy along adaxial suture; style bearded only around stigma. Flowering time Apr.-Oct. Pod 11-20 x 6-11 mm, obliquely elliptic, sharply cuneate at base, glabrous, but sometimes with scattered hairs along suture.