General Description | This species has been placed on the IUCN Red List as globally threatened. |
Habitat | Mixed forests at an altitude of 1,000-2,500 m. |
Bark/Stem Description | Smooth, grey with purplish-brown branchlets which turn greyish brown and glabrous as they mature. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Ovoid with 5-6 pairs of scales. |
Leaf Description | Trifoliolate leaves. Leaflets are elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, thin with tufts of hairs at the vein axils, 8-10 veins and a rounded base, 8-15 x 2-6 cm. |
Flower Description | 5 or6 petaled flower yellowish in colour, 10-16 stamens which are twice the length of the petals. |
Fruit Description | Short glabrous racemes of fruit, purplish-brown in colour. Convex winged nutlets 2-5.5 cm x 7 mm, produced in September. |