A small tree; branches with spirally arranged leaves towards their ends; young parts brown furfuraceous. Leaves bipinnate, 70 by 68 cm; petiole 26 cm, with a short sheathing base; rachis with a pair of leaflets at each articulation; petiolules to 1.25 cm; leaflets narrowly oblong or ovate, c. 6-12 by 2½-4(-5) cm, apex attenuated, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin entire, irregularly undulate slightly revolute, midrib prominent. Inflorescence a diffuse panicle (sometimes also with flowering branches in the axils of the upper leaves); peduncle c. 6 cm, terminating in few (3) primary rays; primary rays 40-50 cm, bearing verticils of pairs of secondary branches along their length and ending in a compound umbel; umbellules of c. 10-15 flowers on pedicels c. 10 mm long. Calyx an undulate rim. Petals 5, 2.5 mm long. Stamens 5, filaments 1 mm, anthers 1.25 mm long. Ovary turbinate 2-3-celled, disk with a central stylopodium 1 mm long. Fruit ovoid, fleshy, 5 by 3 mm (when dry) crowned by the calyx rim and the beaklike stylopodium, stigmas minutely capitate.
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