Glabrous shrub, c. 1.5 m, sparsely branched, with leaves spaced along the upper parts of the stems. Leaves imparipinnate, with 3-5 pairs of leaflets, up to 13 cm long; petiole to 4 cm, slightly channelled above, with a very small sheathing base; petiolules 0-5 mm; leaflets lanceolate, obovate to elliptic, 1.25-4 by ¾-2 cm, coriaceous or chartaceous, apex attenuated (sometimes emarginate) to apiculate, base cuneate, margin entire, revolute, midrib prominent, lateral veins obscure. Inflorescence a simple or compound umbel; peduncle slender, c. 2 cm; primary rays (when present) few, c. 1 cm; umbellules of c. 10 flowers on glabrous pedicels 3-6 mm long. Flower buds lanceolate, acute, 3-6 mm. Calyx a rim with 5 broad teeth. Petals 5, attenuate, 5-8 mm long. Stamens 5, filaments c. 3 mm, anthers c. 1 mm. Ovary turbinate, striate, 2 mm high, 2-celled, disk projecting as a conical stylopodium (2 mm long). Fruit ovoid, compressed, 6 by 5 mm, crowned by the persistent calyx and the beak-like stylopodium; stigmas 2, small, divergent.
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