A shrub, branches usually hairy when young. The larger leaf with 7-19 pairs of pinnae, glands present on the rachis may be sessile or stipitate, pinnae 1-2 cm long, leaflets 7-19 pairs, 2-5 mm, sometimes up to 9 mm long, obtuse, subacute or acute at the apex, margins hairy. Inflorescence fascicled spike, pedun¬cles hairy. Pod 8-11 mm, sometimes up to 14 mm wide, coiled.