Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
| Habit : | Deciduous trees ca. 12 m tall. |
| Trunk\bark : | Trunk armed with large corky conical prickles; bark brownish, corky, yellow. |
| Branchlets : | Young branchlets terete, lenticellate, glabrous, with conical prickles. |
| Leaves : | Leaves compound, imparipinnate, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; rachis canaliculate, glabrous; petiolule 0.3 cm long, canaliculate in cross section, glabrous; leaflets 15-23, opposite, 6.5-11 x 3.5-4.5 cm, oblong, elliptic-oblong, apex caudate to acuminate (acumen up to 3 cm long), base asymmetric, margin crenulate with glands at sinuses, coriaceous, sparingly glandular punctuate; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 6-12 pairs; tertiary_nerves admedially ramified to broadly reticulate. |
| Flowers : | Inflorescence panicles, terminal or from uppermost leaf axils; flowers polygamous, greenish yellow; male and female flowers sessile. |
| Fruit& seed : | Follicles, globose, apiculate; seed 1, globose, smooth, bluish-black. |