(Poir.) DC., Prodr. 2:259.1825 Gallito Tree, to 30 m tall; trunk to 50 cm dbh; outer bark roughened in age; inner bark granular, often with fine radial reddish lines, the outer margin wavy, the sap with a weakly pungent odor; stems minutely rufous-strigillose, becoming prominently lenticellate in age. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, to 35 cm long; stipules inconspicuous, caducous; petioles 5-15 cm long; petiolules 5-7 mm long; leaflets 5-9 (13), ovate to +/- elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or abruptly acuminate at apex, rounded to obtuse at base, 6-14 (24) cm long, mostly 4-7 cm wide, +/- glabrous above, densely but minutely strigillose below, the trichomes short, appressed. Racemes mostly 8-14 cm long, solitary in axils or several on short, leafless, lateral branches; peduncles and all exposed parts of flower densely but minutely golden-pubescent; flowers usually purple, rarely tan or cream-colored, 7-9 mm long, often paired on short, secondary peduncles; calyx cupular, drying golden; standard somewhat spreading at anthesis, with a green center inside; wings and keel erect; stamens monadelphous, the tube straight, the anterior stamen free at base, the tube flared to either side providing an opening to the nectary; pistil pubescent; style curved sharply inward; stigma remote from anthers; nectar copious. Legumes flattened, elliptic, 5-8 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, acute to rounded at both ends, apiculate, glabrate, tan, the margin ca 1 mm wide; seeds 1 or 2, central. Croat 4804, 5227. Occasional along the shore; rare in the forest. Flowers in March and April or later in the rainy season. The fruits mature mostly from May to October.