Aniba rosaeodora Ducke

A tree. It keeps its leaves from year to year. It is slender and grows 25 m tall and spreads 15 m wide. The leaves are leathery and narrowly oval. They are 14 cm long. The leaves are downy and yellow-brown underneath. The flowers are small and in dull red groups.

An understorey tree in lowland to submontane, non-seasonal, rainforest, especially on clay soils, developing well in forest clearings. Also recorded from areas of mountain savannah forest at elevations up to 1,280 metres.

The wood yields an essential oil know as rosewood oil. It is used to flavour baked goods, sweets, frozen dairy products, and chewing gum.

Plants are grown from ripe seed. They need light to germinate.