Tree 6-9 m high, 7.5 cm in diam. Leaves 4-11-jugate; rachis 3.5-17(-30) cm and petiole 0.5-1.1 cm, both pubescent. Leaflets sessile, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 2.2-14 by 0.7-2.8 cm; apex acute or acuminate, the actual tip emarginate, obliquely rounded at the base; midrib 3-6 mm distant from the upper margin; slightly to distinctly hairy beneath, often only on the main nerves and/or midrib. Inflorescences c. 4 cm long and wide, the rachis 2-3 cm; bracts 1-4 cm long, silky hairy; bracteoles 8(-15) mm long; pedicels 7-9(-25) mm, hairy. Hypanthium 9-10 mm deep, glabrous, splitting lengthwise as fruit develops. Sepals 10 mm long, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Petals white, 9 mm long. Stamens 25-35; filaments 22 mm, connate at the base for 1.5-3 mm (almost free, cf. Harms, l.c.); anthers apiculate. Ovary sessile, completely enclosed by the hypanthium; style 24 mm. Fruits ± kidney-shaped, 3-3.7 by 1.7-3 by 1.3-1.6 cm.
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