Shrub, erect, softly and sparsely pubescent on most parts, sometimes glaucous or quite glabrous. Leaves 6-8 cm long including a thick, terete petiole 5-15 mm long; stipules acicular, ±persistent; leaflets in (2-) 3-4 pairs spaced 12-20 mm apart, broadly elliptic to obovate, (20-) 30-40 (-50) mm long, 10-15 mm wide, obtuse to rounded or emarginate; glands c. 2, between the lowest leaflet pairs, sessile, flat, dark. Inflorescence subumbellate, of c. 12 flowers, in upper axils; peduncle c. 25 mm long; pedicels 15-20 mm long; bracts usually caducous. Petals c. 15 mm long, usually hairy outside. Fertile stamens 10; filaments subequal, 0.5-1 mm long, or 1-3 slightly longer; anthers subequal, 5-7 mm long. Pod flat, 5-7 cm long, 10-20 mm wide, straight, entire or coarsely crenate. Seeds dull.
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