leaves impari-pinnate, leaflets 3–5 pair, ovate, very acute, mostly somewhat narrowed at the oblique base, glabrous on both sides; panicles axillary, on long peduncles, the branches bracteolate, cymose; petals tomentose at each side, thrice as long as the acutely 4–5-toothed calyx; staminal tube undivided, antheriferous at summit. Branchlets nodose. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, a foot or more in length, including the flattened petioles; leaflets opposite, 2–3 inches long, 12–15 lines wide, ovate or ovate-oblong, the lower on very short petiolules, the terminal with a petiolule 1/2 inch long. Panicle glabrous, 3–4 inches long, on a compressed peduncle of the same length or longer; branches of the panicle 1–1 1/2 inches long, loosely cymose, 7–15-flowered, with a minute, subulate bract under each pedicel. Flowers 4–5-fid. Calyx shortly campanulate. Petals two lines long, oblong, longer than the downy staminal tube. Anthers 8–10, oblong, glabrous. Style glabrous, equalling the staminal tube; stigma thick, obscurely lobed. This much resembles Ekebergia capensis from which it differs in the wider, more ovate leaflets, the longer and more slender panicles, the acutely-toothed calyx, the scarcely-imbricate petals and longer staminal tube.
