A tree about 20 ft. high, the ultimate branches slender, terete, densely brown-silky. Petioles 3/8– 1/2 in. long, slender, ferruginous; leaves oblong or narrow-obovate, 3–4 in. long, acuminate, the base cuneate or slightly rounded, subcoriaceous, under surface ferruginous on the veins when young. Pedicels 1–4 together from the main branches, 1/4 in. long, erecto-patent, ferruginous-downy. Bracteoles minute, rounded. Calyx 1/4 in. deep, finely ferruginous-downy. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, white; standard roundish, 1/2 in. broad. Pod straight, 3 in. long, 3/4 in. broad, membranous, rigid, glabrous, brown, polished, narrowed to both ends.