Dialium cochinchinense Pierre

A tree 15-25 m tall. The leaves are compound. The leaf is 5-10 cm long and there are 5-9 leaflets. These are alternate and oval. They are 4-7 cm long by 1.5-4.5 cm wide. The flower panicles are on the ends of branches and have soft hairs. The flower arrangements are 10-30 cm long. The flowers are small and do not have petals. The fruit is a pod. It is velvety and 1.5 cm long by 8-9 mm wide. There is one seed inside. It is long an oval with furrows along it. The seed is 9 mm long by 6 mm wide. The ripe fruit is edible.

A tropical plant. It grows in both dense and clear forests. It grows between sea level and 300 m above sea level. It can grow up to 800 m above sea level.

The ripe fruit are edible. The pulp around the seeds is eaten raw or cooked and has a sweet-sour flavour. The mature fruit are boiled and eaten.

It is grow from seed.