Glabrous shrub or small tree with few thick branches bearing terminal clusters of leaves. Leaves imparipinnate, c. 50 cm; petiole c. 15 cm, base slightly dilated; petiolules c. 1 cm; leaflets ovate, up to 10 by 4 cm, coriaceous, margin entire or slightly undulate, apex attenuate, base rounded or broadly cuneate, often asymmetrical, midrib prominent, lateral veins rather obscure. Inflorescence a large panicle; primary axis stout, up to c. 40 cm, bearing secondary axes along its length and in a subumbellate cluster at its apex, bracts triangular c. 5 mm long; secondary axes c. 35 cm; umbellules borne racemosely along the upper part of the secondary branches on peduncles 2-5 cm long. Flowers about 10 in an umbellule, pedicels c. 10 mm long. Calyx a minute undulate rim. Petals oblong 3 mm long. Stamens 5, oblong c. 2½ mm long, filaments 2 mm. Ovary turbinate, 2 mm high, 5-celled, disk rising to the 5 central erect styles. Fruit unknown.
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