A shrub that grows to a height of 3m. Bark is pale yellowish-brown. Inner bark is pale yellow. Stems are terete, glabrous, and 2mm in diameter. Leaves are compound, spiral, and exstipulate. Rachis shows 7–9 pairs of folioles which are asymmetrical, membranaceous, and 9.8cm × 3.5cm – 10.4cm × 3.7cm – 6.5cm × 2.4cm – 8cm × 2cm. Petiolules are 5mm long. Blade shows several oil cells, and nine pairs of secondary nerves. Margin of the foliole is wavy, base is asymmetrical, and apex is acuminate. Inflorescences are panicles of little greenish-white flowers which are stellate, and strongly and sweetly scented. Fruits are elliptic, 7mm × 5mm, yellowish, turning red, and marked at the apex by a vestigial disc. |
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