Evergreen small tree, c. 5 m. Leaves 15-20-(or probably more-)jugate; rachis 50-100 cm including the 10-20 em long petiole, up to c. 6 mm across, more or less hirsute, usually with distinctly swollen base, sometimes sparsely lenticellate; leaflets (sub) sessile, those in medium and upper part of the leaf linear-lanceolate, 10-20(-25) by (1.5—)2—3 cm, index 5-10, the lower ones (ovate-)lanceolate to ovate, gradually decreasing in length towards the base of the leaf, up to only c. 3 cm, base rounded to acute, sometimes slightly oblique, apex acuminate to caudate, with entire to remotely spinously dentate margin, thin-chartaceous, above glabrous except for some pubescence on the midrib, beneath moderately to sparsely hirsute especially on midrib and nerves, without domatia; midrib above flat to slightly impressed; nerves widely apart, (5—)8—12 pairs, ascending, looped and joined into a distinct marginal nerve situated at 2-4 mm from the margin; venation distinct, wide, reticulate; petioles absent or up to c. 1 mm, terminal one often longer, up to c. 8 mm, densely hirsute, not swollen at the base. Panicles and flowers as in typical M. lanceolata, but sepals up to c. 1.5 mm. Fruit as in M. lanceolata.
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