Evergreen or semi-evergreen tree to 15 m tall, often much branched from the base in older trees with irregularly sparsely branched crown. Leaves compound, opposite, very large, c. 150 cm long, 3-4x-pinnate. Flowers 8-12 cm long, very large, dirty yellow to pink-violet in upright clusters held above the crown. Fruits 30-120 cm long, sword-shaped.