Aphanocalyx pteridophyllus (Harms) Wieringa

A tree. It grows 30 m tall. The crown can be broad and irregular. The trunk can be 45 cm across. It often overhangs over rivers. The leaves have leaflets in opposite pairs along the stalk. The flowers are small and white. The fruit is a pod 4-7 cm long. It has velvety hairs. There are 1-2 seeds. These are 1.6 cm long by 1.4 cm wide and 0.4 cm thick.

Riverine forest, often along and hanging over a river, occurring even along rivers with brackish water; usually on sandy soils; at elevations up to 150 metres. Also occurring in small groups in evergreen (dryland?) forest.

Can be grown by seedlings.