Much branched deciduous monoecious tree, up to 10–30 m. tall, buttressed at the base; bark smooth, grey.. Twigs tawny pubescent to tomentose.. Leaf-blades chartaceous, oblong-elliptic to ovate, 7.5–14 cm. long, 4–7.8 cm. wide, shortly acuminate, broadly cuneate to rounded at the base, unequal-sided, entire or more rarely toothed in the upper half, glabrous above when mature, usually hairy beneath at least on the veins, 3-nerved from the base, with the basal lateral nerves extending a little way into the upper half and the upper prominent lateral nerves 2–4 on each side of the midrib; petiole 5–8 mm. long.. Stipules lanceolate, (5–)7–10 mm. long, pubescent, scarious.. Cymes 1–2 cm. long in flower, up to 3 cm. in fruit, axillary or at the nodes below; lower ones with many clustered male flowers, often with 1–2 female or hermaphrodite flowers at the top; upper ones with several longer pedicelled hermaphroditeflowers.. Sepals 4–6, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, pubescent.. Ovary densely tawny pubescent; styles 1–2-branched, 2.5–4 mm. long.. Fruits on 3–5 mm. long pedicels, subglobose or ovoid, 7–8 mm. long, 6–6.5 mm. across, red, pubescent or subglabrous.
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A large evergreen tree. It grows 25-30 m high. It has buttresses 3 m high. The leaves are alternate. They are oval with a slight tip at the end.
Slash with alternating layers of cream and brown.
A forest tree, to 90 ft. high, rarely more
An understorey tree in semideciduous rain-forest, especially along the edges; gallery forest; forest regrowth, savannah; clearings; often abundant; at elevations from 200-1,200 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows near the edges of deciduous forest. In Ethiopia it grows between 500-1,800 m above sea level.
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