Small tree 6 m high, 35 cm dbh. Twigs glabrous, ridged, nodes thickened. Leaves im-paripinnate, with (1 or) 2 pairs of lateral leaflets; total length up to 13 cm including petiole of 1.4-2 cm; rachis segments 1-1.5 cm long; petiole and rachis segments semi-terete or channelled; leaflets subcoriaceous, glabrous above and beneath; lateral leaflets narrowly elliptic, the largest per leaf 4.8-6.4 by 1.4-2.1 cm, base unequal, ± sessile, acute, apex acute to obtuse; apical leaflet elliptic to obovate, 5-6.2 by 1.4-2.3 cm including base attenuate into a petiolule c. 1 cm long, apex obtuse; margin crenulate, 9-18 notches on each side of the largest lateral leaflets; midrib indented above, prominent beneath, glabrous; secondary and tertiary venation ± flat above and somewhat raised beneath. Stipules not seen, caducous. Inflorescence a pair of dyads; peduncles up to 1 mm long, glabrous; axes of racemes puberulous, up to 7.5 cm long; stipules at apex of peduncle sericeous and partially fused at their lateral margins to form a cup-shaped structure. Flowers with pedicel 1-1.5 mm long, puberulous; calyx lobes 0.7 by 0.6 mm, pubescent on outer surface; corolla irregularly obovate to oblong, 1.4 by 0.8 mm, apex rounded; disc lobes 0.3-0.4 mm long, oblong or sometimes fused into an almost continuous ring; filaments up to 1.6 mm long; ovary 0.5-0.7 mm long, densely pubescent; styles 1.3 mm long, straight; stigmas capitate, papillose. Capsule with valves 3.5-4 by 2 mm at dehiscence; exocarp densely pubescent; calyx lobes persistent. Immature seeds 0.6-0.8 mm long, either comose at both ends or with hairs all over surface, longest at the ends.
Home