A noble tree 50–80 or even 100 ft. high, with glabrous woody branchlets. Petioles woody, glabrous, 1–2 in. long; leaves 6–10 in. long, with 5–7 glabrous obovate or oblong bluntish alternate coriaceous leaflets, 4–5 in. long, 2 1/2–3 in. broad, glabrous and shining above, finely downy at first below, on petiolules 6–9 lines long. Flowers in copious terminal panicles a foot or more across, with thyrsoid branchlets barren downwards. Pedicels finely grey-downy, 2–3 lines long. Calyx glabrous, nearly black, 1/4 in. deep, with deltoid teeth reaching 1/3– 1/4 down. Corolla bright yellow, 7–8 lines deep, with a round standard 5–6 lines broad, upper stamen connate with the others. Pod oblong, slightly oblique, coriaceous, naked, 2–3 in. long, 18–21 lines broad, casually 2-seeded, with a pedicel exceeding the calyx.
