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| Habit : | Shrub to small trees, up to 5 m tall. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets prickled. |
| Leaves : | Leaves compound, bipinnate, to 60 cm long, alternate, spiral; stipules adnate to petiole; pinnae 7-11, rachis with prickles, leaflets 5-9 in each, subsessile, lamina 5.5-10 x 1.8-3 cm, lanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute, margin serrate and ciliate; secondary_nerves 7-8 pairs, ciliate on nerves; tertiary_nerves coarsely reticulate. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in large spreading panicled umbels, up to 30 per umbel; pedicels 2 cm long, petals greenish-white, polygamomonoecious. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, 4-5 celled and angled; seeds compressed. |