Deciduous shrub, branches sparsely pubescent when young. Leaf 10-25 cm long, leaflets 5-11, c. 2.5-10 cm long, ovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, pubescent on both sides; petiolule c. 2.5 mm long; stipels small; stipules, setaceous. Inflorescence 10-25 cm long raceme. Pedicel short. Bract boat shaped with a long cuspidate point, enclosing the flower-buds. Calyx c. 2.5 mm long, pubescent, teeth short. Vexillum c. 10-12 mm long, externally pilose. Fruit 2.5-5.5 cm long, straight, glabrous.

Fl.Per.: May-August.

Lectotype: Sikkim, Sachen, 7000 ft., J.D. Hooker (K).

Distribution: Pakistan (Punjab, N.W.F. Province); Kashmir; India; Sikkim.