Tree averaging 10-15 m. in height. Leaves 7-to 13-foliolate; leaflets oblong to ovate or obovate, 3-9 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide, rounded at the base, rounded-obtuse or abruptly acuminate to an obtuse apex, coriaceous, minutely pubescent beneath, at least on the midrib and veins. Racemes solitary in the upper leaf axils, the rachis at first velutinous. Flowers with large and semipersistent bractlets; calyx cupulate, mostly 4 mm. long, subentire or very shallowly denticulate, densely ferruginous-pubescent; petals rose-pink; vexillum suborbicular, 14-15 mm. long, auriculate at the base, densely silvery-sericeous without; wing petals broadly oblong, very shal-lowly auriculate, the claw 4.5 mm. long, the blade 10 mm. long, somewhat sericeous without; carina densely sericeous toward the apex; filaments and anthers more or less setose. Legumes compressed but thick, 5-12 cm. long, 2.3 cm. wide, somewhat constricted between the seeds, more or less fulvous-pubescent, the vexillar margin carinate and much thickened opposite the 1-5 seeds.
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A tree. It grows 10 m tall. The young twigs are brown and downy. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are 5-11 leaflets and they are 10 cm long by 6 cm wide. The flowers are purple. They are on long stalks. The fruit are woody pods with one to many seeds.
Mainly found along rivers, it is a pioneer or secondary plant of coastal forests, also found in semideciduous forests, arboreal caatingas and rainforests in areas that do not become inundated.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry zones. It is often along streams and in swampy areas. It can be in mangroves.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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