Tree to 35 m tall. Leaves 50-60 cm long, odd-pinnate. Leaflets 9-17, entire,more or less oblong, mostly 10-20 cm long, to 5 cm wide, with a long-pointed tip, upper surface glossy. Flowers to 4 cm long, orange to red (rarely yellow); spring. Fruit pod to 20 cm long, hairless, containing 1-5 seeds, each to 3 cm long.

Vanuatu,New Caledonia, Qld, NSW.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Fabaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.