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Deciduous tree; leaves 8-15 cm,
imparipinnate,
glabrous
(our varieties),
the rhachis terete,
not winged; leaflets 1-4 pairs,
2-6 x 1-2.5 cm,
lanceolate,
the base oblique,
the apex acuminate; terminal leaflet petioliolate,
slightly shorter than the laterals; male flowers: subsessile,
in erect,
much-branched loose panicles to 10 cm; stamens 4-5,
filaments,
rudimentary; pistil minute; female flowers: pedicellate,
in loose spreading panicle to 15 cm; perianth c. 2.5 mm; ovary c. 2.5 mm; style very short,
stigmas longer than the ovary; drupe 5-6 x 5 mm,
depressed globose-ovoid,
apiculate,
glabrous…var microphylla: Leaflets 1-2( -3)-paired,
never 4-paired,
1.5-2.5 x 1-1.5 em.
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