Evergreen tree to 24 m tall. Leaves digitate rarely trifoliate with 3-5 leaflets, opposite, central leaflet 11-20 cm long, ovate to elliptic. Flowers 1.2-1.5 cm long, white with blue or violet markings, sometimes yellow or pinkish in untidy terminal branched clusters. Fruits c. 0.8 cm across, spherical, green ripening glossy purple to black.