| | Inflorescence is born between leaves or under leaf sheath, branches can reach 3-4 degrees, flowers monoecious, multiple flowering and fruiting. Flowers are aggregated at the near base of spikelets (2 females and 1 male) and single or paired male flowers near the apex. Male calyx and petals 3 each, free, stamen 6, filament free, subulate, anther dorsal, more or less T-shaped, degraded ovary conical, triangular, apical how many 3-lobed; female calyx and petal 3 each, free; ovary globose ovate, stigma 3, triangular at bud time, close to each other, expanded at fertilization; stamen 6, Dentate.
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| Fruit: | Fruit slightly gyroscopic or oblong, with stigma residue near base, exocarp smooth, mesocarp with reticulate fiber. Seed endosperm uniform, embryo lateral or nearly basal. |
| Foliage: | The leaves are arched, 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in–9 ft 10 in) long, and pinnate, with 40-60 pairs of leaflets. It bears panicles of yellow flowers in summer. Offsets can be cut off when mature enough, as a propagation method. |
| Usage: | Potted plants, hedges, shade trees, thickets, landscape trees, street trees |
