Small, parachute-shaped trees or shrubs 3-4 m high with a dense domed canopy, branching near the ground or a single trunk for more or less 1 m before dividing into a number of ascending branches which terminate with drooping branchlets; branchlets reddish and slightly angular. 

<P>Phyllodes linear lanceolate, 5-14 cm long, 2-5 mm broad, falcate, narrowed towards the base, glabrous and shiny when fresh, central vein prominent, lateral veins obscure, apex tapered into a short curved mucro; glands small on upper margin at least 15 mm above the base. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, mostly in racemes much shorter than the phyllodes consisting of 4-10 heads; flower-heads small, yellow, c. 40-flowered; peduncles hoary, 7-10 mm long; flowers 5-merous. 

<P>Legumes linear, 7-12 cm long, 4-5 mm broad, straight or curved, moniliform, smooth, brown. Seeds longitudinal in legume ovoid-obloid; funicle slender, reddish in a double fold 1/2-3/4 encircling the seed, gradually thickening into a fleshy aril.