Dialium orientale Baker F.

Tree or many-stemmed shrub 6–12(–18) m. high.. Bark smooth, grey.. Young branchlets puberulous or very shortly pubescent.. Leaves: petiole and rhachis together 3.5–5(–7) cm. long; leaflets (5–)7–9, elliptic, with the lowest ones of the leaf ± ovate, (0.9–)1.5–4.5(–5.5) cm. long, 0.9–3.2 cm. wide, stiffly papery to subcoriaceous, obtuse to rounded often slightly emarginate not acuminate at apex, rounded to subcordate or less commonly ± cuneate at base, sparsely and inconspicuously pubescent (especially on midrib) to subglabrous; venation ± raised and reticulate on both surfaces.. Flowers greenish-white, white or cream, in panicles up to 30 × 20 cm.; pedicels 1.5–2.5 mm. long, grey-puberulous.. Sepals grey-puberulous outside, 2–2.5 mm. long.. Petals 0.. Stamens 2; filaments 1.5–2 mm. long; anthers 1.25–1.5 mm. long.. Pods red to red-brown, obovoid-ellipsoid to subglobose, 1.3–1.8 cm. long, 1–1.3 cm. wide, puberulous outside.. Seeds ± ellipsoid, 7–9 mm. long, 5–7 mm. wide, brown.. Fig. 17, p. 105.

Evergreen dry forests, Brachystegia woodland, evergreen bushland, clump grassland, coastal riverine vegetation; often in sandy or alluvial soils, at elevations up to 100 metres.

The fruit are eaten raw. They have a sweet acid taste.

Plants can be grown from seeds that are sowed directly where they are to grow.