Buchanania nitida Engl.

Tree 8-15(-28) m high and 20-30(-35) cm ø. Leaves oblanceolate to narrow-oblanceolate, (16-)30-80 by (5-)6½-16 cm; base cuneate or attenuate; apex acuminate or short-acuminate, rarely apiculate, obtuse, or emarginate; nerves 31-52 pairs, veins reticulate-scalariform; petiole 2-3(-6) cm. Panicles up to 40 cm long, pubescent; bracts obovate to oblanceolate, 1¾-2¼ mm, sparsely hairy outside; pedicels 1-1½ mm, usually not articulated, or articulation obscure. Flowers yellowish. Calyx usually persistent, lobes broad-ovate or-elliptic, ⅔-1 mm long, sparsely hairy outside. Petals elliptic-oblong, 2½-3 by ¾-1¼ mm. Stamens 2-3 mm; filaments 1¼-2mm, gradually narrowed towards the apex and not whitish at the apical part; anthers 1-1¼ mm, sagittate, lower ¼-1/5 sterile. Disk ½-1 mm long. Carpels 1½-2 mm long. Drupe red when ripe, sublentiform, c. 12 mm ø.

In primary forest, rarely in second growth or forest, at low altitude up to 450 m. Fr. April-July.