Small tree ± 12 m. tall, with spreading crown; branches dull brown; twigs initially pubescent and glandular. Petiole 4–12 cm. long, flattened; rhachis 18–26 cm. long, puberulent; petiolules 2–8 mm. long; leaflets in 5–7 pairs, ovate-elliptic, elliptic or oblanceolate, the lowermost relatively broader in relation to its length, the middle and upper leaflets 9–18 cm. long, 3–9 cm. wide, shortly acuminate, the base obtuse, glabrous; lateral nerves in 10–15 pairs. Inflorescence-axis 7–11 cm. long, all parts initially golden-pubescent. Male flowers: pedicels 5–6 mm. long; calyx ovoid-spherical in bud, 3.2 mm. long, the lobes very short, then opening nearly to the base and reflexed; disk conspicuous, fleshy; stamens exserted. Female flowers: pedicels 2–3 mm. long, not accrescent in fruit; calyx ovate-oblong in bud, as in the male,scarcely visibly lobed at this stage, later opening fully and reflexed; disk obscured by the pinkish- or brownish-pubescent ovary; staminodes rudimentary, the anthers degenerate. Fruit orange when fresh, drying orange-ferruginous, asymmetrically ovoid, 2–2.2 cm. long, 1.5–1.7 cm. wide, indumentum velvety; seed slightly compressed, 1.1 cm. long, 1.2 mm. wide.