Blepharocarya depauperata Specht

Tree to 13 m high. Leaves mostly 7–15 cm long; leaflets 4–7, oblong-obovate or elliptic, obtuse or emarginate, coriaceous, mostly 3.5–7 cm long and 1.5–3.5 cm wide; base obtuse or acute; secondary veins mostly 10–14 pairs; petiolules 3–10 mm long. Male flowers: sepals triangular, 0.5–0.8 mm long, pubescent outside, glabrous inside; petals elliptic or ovate, 1.7–1.9 mm long, pubescent outside, glabrous inside; anthers 0.6–0.7 mm long; filaments 2–2.5 mm long. Female flowers: sepals narrowly triangular, 1.3 mm long, densely pilose outside, glabrous inside; petals oblong, 1 mm long, densely pilose outside apically, glabrous inside; ovary glabrous; style 2 mm long. Cupule to 1.7 cm long; fruit 3 mm long, 6 mm wide, pilose; marginal hairs to 3 mm long.

Grows in open forest and on the edge of semi-evergreen vine forest, mostly at the foot of sandstone escarpments or on rocky ridges.