Tree to 27 m, to 70 cm diam. and clear bole to 18 m. Buttresses to 1 m tall, extending out to 3 m, snake-like at extremities. Bark smooth with scaly patches and conspicuous knobbly tuber-cles; inner bark white; sapwood yellow. Twigs rather angular, with conspicuous leafscars and dense indumentum when young, aluminium grey later. Leaves 10–15 cm long; petiole 1.5–2 cm, peti-ole and rachis densely brown tomentose. Leaflets 2–4 (5) on each side, 4–5.5 (–8) by 1.5–2.5(–3.5) cm, the most apical larger, up to 11.5 by 4.5 cm, elliptical, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, very sparse-ly pubescent abaxially, midrib bristly brown pilose on both surfaces, major veins thus abaxially; apex acuminate, acumen to 6–8 mm long; base weakly asymmetric, cuneate; major veins c. 6–8 on each side, arcuate, with pilose domatia in their axils, secondary veils less conspicuous; petiolules c. 5 mm, densely brown tomentose, weakly swollen at base. Spikes to 10 cm; peduncles densely pilose; bracts to 4 mm long, acute, often with smaller bracteoles. Calyx lobes c. 1 mm long, fawn sericeous, the margin ciliate. Petals 4 mm long, ovate. Fruit 1.5–2 cm diam., globose, glabrous, yellow.
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A tree. It grows to 27 m high. The trunk is 70 cm across. There are buttresses 1 m high. The bark is smooth with scaly patches. The twigs are angular and when young are covered with hairs. The leaves are 10-15 cm long. There are 2-4 (or 5) leaflets on each side. These are 4-5.5 cm long by 1.5-2.5 cm wide. The uppermost leaflet is larger. It is 11.5 cm long by 4.5 cm wide. The seed coat is edible.
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