Tree to 30 m. tall, with aromatic bark. Leaves 10-30 cm. long, with glabrous petioles; leaflets 8-12, alternate or opposite, distinctly inequilateral, narrowly ovate-oblong or broadly oblong, 2.5-9 cm. long, 1.3-3.5 cm. broad, falcate-acuminate, apically attenuate and minutely retuse, basally obtuse or cuneate, gla-brous, often punctate, principal veins somewhat pubescent below. Flowers unknown. Legume (immature) obovate-rotund, about 3 cm. long and broad, obtuse apically and basally; seed obovate-oblong, 1.5 cm. long and 1.1 cm. broad, invested by a dark-red aril 1.7 cm. long.
A canopy or emergent tree found in a variety of primary forest habitats, with the exception of the extreme coastal zone. Occasionally found in wetter areas, it is most abundant along ridges and hilltops.
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