Cynometra elmeri Merr.

Tree 10-25 m tall. Leaves 1-jugate, petiole 4-8 mm. Leaflets ovate-oblong or oblong, more or less falcate, 3.5-15 by 1.3-4 cm; apex acuminate, tip blunt and emarginate; nerves 5-7 pairs. Flowers not seen. Rachis of infructescence 4.5 cm. Fruit with a stalk c. 10 mm, pendulous, flat, 4-6 by 2.5-3.5 by 0.7 cm, inner suture more or less straight, outer suture widely curved, with a small beak on the inner suture side of the apex, surface rough.

Forest back mangrove and swamps, at elevations from 50-300 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.