Dialium guineense Willd.

An evergreen shrub or tree. It grows up to 20 m high. The trunk has slight buttresses. The crown is large and round. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are 3-7 leaflets. They are 13 cm long. The flowers are yellowish white and in branched erect panicles. They have rusty hairs. The fruit are pods 2 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. They are flat and oval. The pods are velvety black with an acid pulp. The pulp is edible. The pods are held above the leaves on wide spreading branched panicles.

A tropical plant. It is native to tropical West Africa. It grows in lowland, evergreen humid or semi-dry forests. It grows in savannah. It can grow in arid places. It grows up to 1,200 m above sea level. It grows in areas with a rainfall between 1,000-1,600 mm per year. In Brisbane Botanical Gardens.

The pods are chewed to relieve thirst and soaked in water to make a drink. The pulp is used in chutneys and preserves. The pulp (aril) around the seeds is eaten fresh.

Plants are grown from seed. Plants can be budded. Plants can be grown from stem cuttings.