A shrub of 6–20 ft.; extremities and inflorescence at first rusty-puberulous. Leaflets usually 7–9, thinly coriaceous, obovate-elliptical or the lower broadly elliptical, rounded and shortly apiculate above, cuneate, or slightly rounded at the base, lateral nerves few, subremote, connected by somewhat transverse reticulation, 4–6 in. long, 2 1/2–3 in. broad, on petiolules of 1/4– 1/3 in. Racemes erect densely many-flowered, at length 1/2–1 ft. long. Bracts minute, ovate-deltoid, deciduous. Pedicels ascending or patent, puberulous 1/2–1 in. long, articulated a little above the base with a pair of minute bracteoles below the joint. Inner larger sepal 1–1 1/4 in. long. Anthers 1/2 in. long. Mature legumes not seen; the most advanced in the Kew herbarium are 5 in. long, and nearly 1/2 in. broad above.