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Differs from M. bussei as follows: leaflets more often 9 than 7, with petiolules up to 8 mm. long; indumentum of leaf-rhachis, inflorescence and fruit reddish-brown instead of silvery-yellow, rather shorter, more appressed and sparser. Pseudoracemes longer, up to 16 cm. in flower and 23 cm. in fruit; bracts and bracteoles up to 8 mm. long, earlier caducous; lowest calyx-lobe triangular, 1.2 mm. long, lateral lobes rounded at the tip, 1 mm. long; immature fruits up to 12.5 by 2.5 cm., with a well-developed strongly down-curved glabrescent beak.