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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Trees ca. 10 m tall. |
Trunk\bark : | Bark grey, corky when mature; blaze brownish. |
Branchlets : | Young branchlets quadrangular to subterete, minutely pubescent. |
Leaves : | Leaves compound, trifoliate, opposite, decussate; rachis 3.5-11 cm long, minutely pubescent when young, pulvinate; petiolule 0.6-1.1 cm long, canaliculate, slightly pubescent; leaflets 7-20 x 3-8.5 cm (usually larger in saplings), elliptic to obovate, apex acuminate, base asymmetric or slightly attenuate, margin entire, chartaceous, glandular punctate, glabrous, shining above; midrib slightly canaliculate; secondary_nerves 7-16 pairs, straight or gradually curved; tertiary_nerves slender, broadly reticulate. |
Flowers : | Inflorescence spreading panicled cyme; flowers greenish white, sessile. |
Fruit& seed : | Follicles, 4-valved; 1-seeded cocci, black. |