A stout, perennial, glabrous, lignose twiner. Leaflets 3-13 x 1.5-11.5cm, sub-coriacous, glabrous or nearly so. Racemes compact at end of stout, axillary pedicels.Pods glabrous, straight, and falcate, 4-6 seeded. Seeds ellipsoidal, compressed,smooth or glabrous. (India)