A shrub reaching 8 ft. high, with densely brown-velvety branches. Petiole 15–18 lines; rachis 4–5 in., both densely brown-velvety; leaflets 7–9, coriaceous, glabrescent above, thinly brown-velvety below, oblong, blunt, emarginate at the point; the end one the largest, 1 1/2–2 in. long; side ones alternate. Flowers in ample terminal thyrsoid panicles, with densely brown-velvety branches. Pedicels 1/4– 3/8 in., with minute linear deciduous bracteoles. Calyx campanulate, coriaceous, densely velvety, 3/8 in. long; teeth oblong-lanceolate, reaching halfway down. Corolla 1/2 in., reddish; petals subequal, much veined; standard round, 5/8 in. broad. Ovary linear, densely silky, pauciovulate. Pod not known.
