 It is a semi-evergreen shrub growing to 3.5 m tall with a low spreading crown that reproduces by seed.It can grow from 2 - 12 metres tall and it branches from near the base.The leaves are 2.5–9 cm long, pinnate, with six to eight leaflets; the leaflets are 1.6–4.5 cm long and 1.1–2.3 cm broad.