HABIT	AN ERECT, FETID, WOODY HERB OR UNDERSHRUB.
STEMS	60-150 CM TALL, SMOOTH, PURPLISH OR GREEN.
LEAVES	ALTERNATE, PINNATE, 15-20 CM LONG, STIPULATE WITH A SESSILE DARK BROWN GLAND NEAR THE BASE OF THE PETIOLE; LEAFLETS 3-5 PAIRS, OPPOSITE, SHORT-STALKED, MEMBRANOUS, OVATE OR LANCEOLATE, 3-9 CM LONG AND 1.5-4 CM WIDE, BASE ROUNDED, APEX ACUTE OR ATTENUATE, GLABROUS ABOVE, GLAUCOUS BENEATH.
FLOWERS	YELLOW, IN SHORT, FEW-FLOWERED AXILLARY OR TERMINAL RACEMES.
FRUITS	PODS RECURVED, GLABROUS, COMPRESSED, 10-13 CM LONG AND 0.8 CM WIDE.
SEEDS	DARK OLIVE-GREEN, OVOID, COMPRESSED, SMOOTH, HARD, SHINY SEEDS, 6 MM LONG AND 4 MM WIDE.