Large tree with brown bark; leaves 35-40 cm long; leaflets 3-6 pairs, opposite, paripinnate; margins enitre, falcately lanceolate, very oblique at base, acuminate at apex, shining above paler beneath; panicles axillary, narrow, shorter than leaves; peduncles glabrous; flowers regular, bisexual, pentamerous, sweet smelling; sepals-5, small, distinct, imbricate, ovate; petals 5, oblong, twisted or imbricate, spreading, greenish white; staminal tube urceolate,10-toothed at apex, anthers 10, inserted on the inner side of tube between the lobes; disk large, annular, red; ovary 5 celled, many ovuled; style short; stigma somewhat lobed; fruit capsule, inverted, club shaped, woody; seeds dark brown, winged.