Author: Ridley
Morphological description
Tree.
Leaves 4-foliolate, shortly petioled, petiole and rachis 3.5-7 cm long; petiolule c. 3 mm, glabrous. Leaflets thinly coriaceous, alternate, elliptic, 2.5-8.5 by c. 4 cm, lowest ones smallest, apex cuspidate with a long cusp c. 1.5 cm long, base obtuse or rounded, drying brown and glabrous on both surfaces; nerves c. 6 per side.
Inflorescences racemose, axillary, pendulous, 30 cm long, with numerous, rather small flowers; pedicels very short, c. 1.5 mm. Calyx lobes ovate, glabrous. Stamens 5, filaments slender, anthers ellipsoid. Ovary conic, hairy; style filiform, 3-5 mm.
Pods unknown.
Distribution
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Malacca: Mt Ophir).
Habitat & Ecology
Foot of mountain. Flowering in June.
Note
This species is only known from the type. It can be easily recognized by its simple, rather long racemose inflorescence with small flowers.