Shrub, erect, to 3 m high, glabrous and glaucous. Leaves to 15 cm long including a terete petiole 20–40 mm long; stipules acicular, subpersistent; leaflets in 5–7 pairs spaced c. 15 mm apart, elliptic, 25–50 mm long, 10–15 mm wide, increasing distally, discolorous, broadly acute or obtuse; glands 1 or 2, between the lowest leaflet pairs, stipitate. Inflorescence subumbellate, of 2–5 flowers, in upper axils; peduncle 20–40 mm long; pedicels c. 10 mm long; bracts persistent or caducous. Petals 12–15 mm long. Fertile stamens 10; filaments subequal, 1–2 mm long; anthers subequal, 5–6 mm long. Pod flat but plump, 12–15 cm long, 6–8 mm wide, curved, entire. Seeds glossy, with a large, ovate areole.
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