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Habit : | Large trees, up to 30 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark smooth, pale brown; blaze yellowish. |
Branches and branchlets : | Young branchlets stout, subterete, minutely pubescent. |
Leaves : | Leaves compound, imparipinnate, to 18 (-22) cm long, alternate, spiral, pulvinate; rachis 12 cm long, triangular; petiolule 0.4-1 cm long; leaflets 3-4 pairs, subopposite or alternate, 7-15 x 3-6 cm, narrow oblong-elliptic, apex acuminate, base asymmetric - attenuate, margin entire, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 8-13 pairs; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary panicles; flowers white. |
Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, obovoid, 5.5 x 4.5 cm, reddish when ripe; seeds 4, dark purple with white aril. |