Tree, c. 9 m tall. Spines axillary, c. 15 mm. Leaflets 5-7, 25-35 x 10-20 mm, obovate, subsessile, entire to obscurely crenulate, retuse, glandular-punctate. Petiole and rachis narrowly winged.

Flowers dull red, fragrant. Petals elliptic, spreading. Filaments subulate, hairy at the base. Berry 5-9 cm in diameter. Seeds brown, woolly.