An erect tree, 15–20 ft. high, with ferruginous young branches. Main petiole about 2 in. long, ferruginous like the branches. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets in 2–4 sessile, opposite or casually alternate pairs, ovate-oblong, 3–5 in. long by less than half as broad, the point subobtuse, the edge entire, texture subcoriaceous, both sides glabrous, the upper pale green and shining. Flowers in slender, sessile, many-flowered racemes from the old wood, 3–4 in. long, the rachis ferruginous-villose. Bracts ovate, equalling the grey-villose pedicels and calyx, which are both about 1/8 in. long. Petals equal, pink, scarcely exceeding the calyx, ovate-oblong, fimbriated, with a large crested scale. Stamens exserted. Ovary globose-trigonous, woolly, 3-celled, the cells uniovulate.
