A large shrub or a small tree, bark rough dark grey. Stipular spines straight, c. 0.6-5.6 cm long, tapering from a broad base, white. Pinnae 2-8 pairs, c. 6-13 mm long, leaflets 5-8 pairs, 2.5-3 mm long, linear, acute to subobtuse, glabrous. Flowers in axillary, pedunculate globose heads, bright yellow, odour disagreeable; peduncle c. 2.5 cm long with involucre of connate bracts about the middle. Calyx c. 1-1.5 mm long, campanulate. Corolla c. 2-3 mm long. Ovary stalked, glabrous. Pod stalked, 7.5-15 cm long, c. 6-9 mm broad, flat, slightly curved, indented on both the sutures, longitudinally veined, glabrous. Seeds 6-10.

Fl. Per. November March.

Type: Herb. Linn. 1228/24 (LINK).

Distribution: W. Pakistan, rare in salt range, Punjab (A.H. Khan, l.c.); throughout India in dry regions; Ceylon, Arabia, Afghanistan.