Shrub or small tree to 10(–15) m; bark of older stems smooth, grey to pale brown; young stems covered with ferruginous pubescence. Leaves 10–65 cm long, ferruginous pubescent (rarely almost glabrous); lateral leaflets in 2–6 pairs, narrowly oblong to narrowly ovate, 3–18 cm long, 1.5–8 cm wide, becoming somewhat smaller towards the leaf-base, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, asymmetric and rounded at base, margins entire to shallowly repand, gland dots near margin not always clearly visible; leaflets subsessile (usually more so towards the leaf apex) or with petiolules up to 10 mm, terminal petiolules 6–35 mm. Inflorescence 5–36 cm long, spiciform, polygamous, axis ferruginous pubescent; male and female/hermaphrodite flowers on separate inflorescences, in distant glomerules. Sepals 4(–5), oblong to ovate, 2–3 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, acute, pubescent inside and outside. Petals 4(–5), oblong to ovate, 1.5–3 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, pubescent outside, sometimes inside. Stamens 4(–5), 1–1.25 mm long in male flowers, glabrous; anthers ovate elliptic, 0.5–0.75 mm long. Disc 1–1.25 mm in diameter. Gynoecium of 4–5 free carpels, 1–2.5 mm tall, 1–3 mm wide, glabrous or pubescent; stigmas 1 mm long, free, reflexed back and outwards in cruciform pattern. Infructescence (4–)7–40 cm long. Fruits of 1–4 mericarps on fruiting pedicels 1–8 mm long; mericarps ellipsoid, 9–14 mm long, 6–8 mm wide, acute at apex, glabrous, red; sarcocarp thin; endocarp reticulately wrinkled, hard. Seed 8–9 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Fig. 3.