Branched, evergreen shrub to small tree up to 6 m high; twigs sericeous, particularly when young, rounded and ribbed. Lvs sericeous on both surfaces but more densely below, petiolate, 3-foliolate; leaflets shortly petiolulate, elliptic to obovate, acute and shortly mucronate, 5-40 × 3-12 mm; terminal leaflet > lateral leaflets; stipules triangular, up to 2 mm long. Infls elongate, with axis 10-130 mm long, terminal, racemose, 10-30-(40)-flowered; pedicels 2-6 mm long. Calyx densely hairy, bilabiate; upper lip deeply 2-fid; lower lip shortly 3-lobed. Corolla yellow, 13-16-(18) mm long; standard glabrous or somewhat hairy about midvein and apex. Pod densely villous, oblong, 3-10-seeded, 20-40 mm long; seeds black, orbicular and flattened, c. 3 mm diam.