Tree, 3-10 m high; bark smooth, yel­lowish with numerous small blackish spots. Leaves hysteranthous. Leaflets in 20-40 pairs, glabrous, elliptic, 6-16 x 2-3 mm, apex acute to acuminate, base slightly oblique, mar­gin minutely crenate; petiolules absent or up to 1 mm long. Flowers coming out before the leaves, with pedicels articulated near base, whitish-puberulous. Sepals puberulous, 1,5-3 x 1 — 1,5 mm. Petals glabrous or puberulous on outer surface, 3,5-5 x 1,5-2 mm, cream. Stamens of male flowers with anthers oval, 1 -1,5 mm long; filaments linear, glabrous, ±3 mm long; stamens of female flowers 14-M as large. Fruit with a few hairs near the apex, c. 6 x 6 mm.