Couepia chrysocalyx Benth. ex Hook.F.

A tree. It grows 10-20 m tall. The leaves are oblong and 10-22 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are rounded or wedge shaped at the base. There are silvery grey hairs underneath. The flowering shoots are short and densely flowered. The fruit is round and 9 cm long. It has a thick fragile case and fleshy pulp. They ripen to an orange yellow colour.

A tropical plant. It grows in uplands and high river banks and places that are only occasionally flooded.

Can be grown by seedlings.