Deciduous or semi-deciduous tree to 10 m tall. Leaves opposite, or in whorls of three, pinnately compound, 9-20 cm long, crowded near ends of branches, leaflets 3-5 pairs with a terminal leaflet, ovate-oblong to elliptic-ovate. Fruit large, sausage-shaped, up to 60 cm long and weighing up to 7 kg.