Evergreen tree or rarely shrubby, (3–)15–30 m. tall, with spreading open branching; bole slightly buttressed, clear for 7.5 rn.; bark brownish grey or red-brown, finely reticulate; slash salmon-pink with yellow inner layer slowly exuding a yellow latex.. Leaf-blades oblong, elliptic or often slightly obovate-oblong, 7.5–19.5 cm. long, 4–11 cm. wide, rounded or slightly emarginate at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, very leathery, the reticulate venation very prominent on both surfaces when dry, margins inrolled; petiole 0.7–1.4 cm. long.. Flowers clustered towards the ends of the branchlets, axillary, fleshy; pedicels short, up to 0.5(–l.2) cm. long.. Male flowers reddish pink; sepals red-brown, elliptic or ± round, the inner 4–7.5 mm. long, 4–6.5 mm. wide, the outer ± round, up to 1.2 cm. long and wide; petals pink or carmine or purplish, ± 1 cm. long and wide; staminal bundles clavate, 1–1.4 cm. long, widened above, ± 0.7–1.2 cm. wide, angled, the angle pointing towards the centre of the flower.. Fruits reddish pink but ochraceous when dry, conical-oblong to conic, 10–13.5 cm. long, 6.5–8 cm. across, 2–few-seeded.. Fig. 3/3, 4.
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A large evergreen tree. It grows 30 m high. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are dark green and 8-20 cm long by 4-11 cm wide. The flowers are of one sex with male and female flowers on separate trees. The flowers are clustered twoards the ends of the small branches. The fruit are reddish pink. They are 10-13 cm long by 7-8 cm wide. THey hang at the end of a long stalk. The seeds are irregular in shape and have a brittle shell. They are 3-4 cm long by 2.3 cm across.
It is a tropical plant. It grows on steeper slopes and at higher altitudes in Tanzania. It is best in full sun on well drained soil. It grows between 700-2,100 m above sea level. It grows in areas with an average temperature between 13-30°C and an average rainfall between 1,200-2,400 mm.
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An upper-storey tree of evergreen rainforests at elevations from 700-2,100 metres.
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