Low, diffuse, spreading-erect shrubs 0.5-2 m high; branches not much divided, almost terete, slightly resinous, pubescent with short, whitish, spreading hairs; stipules minute. <P>Leaves bipinnate, eglandular indumentum as on branches (except for pinnules); petiole 0.5-1.5 mm long; rachis 1-15 mm long, terete or furrowed above; pinnae 1-3 pairs; pinnules 2-7 pairs, oblong-obovate, sometimes elliptic, flat, glabrous, light green, obscurely 1-veined, obtuse, often with a minute point. <P>Inflorescences simple, solitary or twin but sometimes appearing shortly racemose at ends of branchlets due to leaf reduction; flower-heads globular, pale-yellow, 30-45-flowered; peduncles 10-20 mm long, slightly pubescent or glabrous; flowers 5-merous. <P>Legumes narrowly-oblong, 2-5 cm long, 4-7 mm broad, straight or curved, firmly chartaceous, flat but somewhat raised over seeds, glabrous, brown, margins slightly or unevenly constricted between seeds. Seeds longitudinal in legume, obloid-obovoid; funicle short, abruptly thickened into an oblique clavate aril.