Tree 9-30 m high, 10-45(-140?) cm in diam.; small low buttresses sometimes present, to c. 1 m high. Leaves 2-jugate, the upper pairs larger than the lower ones; rachis 1.2-2 cm and petiole 0.5-1 cm, both more or less pubescent. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, 2-5 by 0.8-4 cm, obtuse and emarginate at the apex, cuneate at the base, sessile, the midrib very excentric, 2-4(-5) mm from the upper margin. Inflorescences apparently terminal or in the axils of the upper leaves, the rachis 0.4-1.1 cm, dense puberulous, glabrescent; bracts up to 1 cm long; bracteoles 5-6 mm long; pedicels 7-9 mm, pubescent. Hypanthium cupular. Sepals 5 mm long. Petals not seen. Stamens 20-25, the filaments 3 mm, connate at the extreme base. Ovary not enclosed in hypanthium, hairy. Fruits ovoid, compressed, 1.5-5 by 1.2-2 by 0.5-2 cm, not stipitate, more or less hairy.
A sub-canopy and canopy tree in primary lowland forest on sandy soils, swamp forest, secondary forests; at elevations up to 100 metres, occasionally extending to 530 metres.
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