Dialium aubrevillei Pellegr.

A large tree. It grows 30-65 m high. The trunk can be 30 m long. It has buttresses and is about 1 m across. The trunk can be fluted. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are about 5 leaflets and they are 10 cm long by 4 cm wide. They have a wedge shaped base and edges that curve back. They are shiny dark green. The fruit are black oval berries about 3 cm across. There is one seed.

Scattered in primary and secondary, evergreen rain forest, and in moist semi-deciduous forest; growing on granitic soils and sandy crests; at elevations up to to 500 metres. It is most common on hills and seems to avoid swampy locations.

Plants are grown from seeds. They can germinate in shade but seedlings need to be in the sunlight.