Anthonotha macrophylla P.Beauv.

A shrub or small tree. It grows 12-20 m high. The trunk is 50 cm across. It can have several stems. The crown is spreading. The leaves are 6-30 cm long by 4-16 cm wide. The flowers are in loose groups in the axils of leaves. The flowers are white and turn yellow. The fruit is a long and often slightly curved pod. It is 15-23 cm long by 5-7 cm wide. They are pointed at the tip. They have up to 7 seeds. The seeds are oval and flattened and 3-5 cm long by 2-3 cm wide.

Secondary formations; gallery forest, riversides; with Elaeis guineensis at edge of rice-field; with Raphia; deciduous forest; coastal closed forest; at elevations up to 700 metres. Undergrowth in the thicker parts of the evergreen forest.

Plants can be grown from seeds. Trees can be cut back and will re-grow.