Tree up to 10 m. or more tall, with trunk up to c. 4 dm. diam. Lvs aromatic, green and shining above, paler below, membr. to subcoriac. Juveniles with 3-5-foliolate lvs, terminal lflt subsessile to shortly stalked, 5-15 × 1·5-3·5 cm.; all lflts linear-oblong, acuminate to acute, deeply lobed. Older plants mainly 3-foliolate; terminal lflts subsessile to shortly stalked, 10-15 × 2.5-3·5 cm.; all lflts shallowly lobed to sinuate-serrate to entire, acuminate to obtuse. Adult plants with predominately unifoliolate lvs; lamina 7-15 × 3-5 cm., obovate-cuneate to elliptic-oblong, acuminate to obtuse, entire to sinuate; veins evident; petioles 1·5-5 cm. long. Umbels small, 10-15-fld, axillary, paniculately arranged. Fls greenish; ovary 3-4-loculed, style-branches 3-4, connate at base. Fr. c. 3-4 cm. diam., globose; seeds 3-4.