Shrub or small tree 1.2-5 m high, 4 cm dbh. Twigs tomentose or velutinous. Leaves imparipinnate with 4-8 pairs of lateral leaflets; total length 5-7 cm including a petiole 0.8-1.5 cm long; rachis segments 0.4-0.8 cm long; petiole and rachis terete, often densely tomentose; leaflets coriaceous, glabrous and sometimes shiny above, glabrous beneath; lateral leaflets ± oblong to narrowly ovate, the largest 1.6-2 by 0.5-0.6 cm, base unequal, sessile, cuneate, apex broadly acute; apical leaflet narrowly elliptic, scarcely larger than the largest lateral leaflets, 1.5-2.3 by 0.5-0.8 cm, base attenuate, apex acute; margin crenate, 3-7 notches on each side of the largest lateral leaflets, minutely revolute; midrib slightly depressed above, prominent beneath and sometimes shortly strigose especially towards the base; secondary and tertiary venation ± flat on both surfaces or obscure on the upper one. Stipules ± orbicular, up to 0.5 by 0.6 cm, apex broadly rounded or flattened. Inflorescence a pair of opposite dyads; peduncles 0.4-0.5 cm long, strigose; racemes up to 6 cm long, the axis pubescent or tomentose. Flowers unisexual? (only male ones seen); male flowers: pedicel 1.5-3 mm long, minutely hairy; calyx lobes 0.8-0.9 by 0.6 mm, glabrous; petals ± obovate, 1.2-1.4 by 0.8-0.9 mm, apex rounded or emarginate; disc lobes 0.3-0.4 long, oblong or broadly oblong with thin flanges on either side; filaments 2.6-3 mm long; ovary minute, 0.6 mm long, densely golden pubescent, styles 0.1-0.2 mm long, incurved. Fruit not seen.
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