Shrub 1–4 m. high, virgately branched, with grey bark; young branches tomentose.. Leaves trifoliolate; petiole 5–12 mm. long, terete, tomentose; leaflets narrowly oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 1.5–6 cm. long, 8–15 mm. broad, emarginate or retuse at the apex, cuneate or acute at the base, pubescent on the midrib and conspicuously gland-dotted beneath.. Inflorescence of short axillary racemes; bracts minute, tomentose.. Calyx funnel-like, ± 1.5 mm. long, tomentose.. Petals 4, spathulate, 2–4 mm. long, 0.8–1.7 mm. wide, yellow-green, slightly pubescent dorsally.. Male flower: stamens 7–8, 2–5 mm. long, variable in length on the same flower; rudimentary pistil present.. Female flower: staminodes 7–8, very short; ovary bilocular, with 1 ovule per locule, pilose or tomentose; style short; stigma peltate.. Fruit globose, 8–11 mm. long, 5–9 mm. in diameter, pubescent but becoming pilose with age, unilocular by abortion, each locule 1-seeded.. Seeds 5–8 mm. long, 2–3 mm. in diameter, brown.
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