Tree to 50 m. high, or, rarely, taller; crown regular with few though massive branches and with the leaves clustered at the ends of thick branchlets; bole long, cylindrical, scarcely tapered; buttresses rounded, extending up the bole for 2–5 m.; bark thick, grey-brown, regularly cracked and fissured into squarish, scale-like pieces 3–6 cm. across; these pieces persist for a long period; newly-exposed surface pale warm brown.. Leaves up to 50 cm. long; leaflets 16–32, opposite, subopposite or alternate, oblong-lanceolate, oblong-elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, but the proximal pairs often ovate, up to 14 × 5 cm., apex gradually acuminate, base unequally rounded and usually subocordate; lower surface almost glabrous except for conspicuous tufts of hair in the axils of the 10–16 pairs of lateral nerves; venation closely reticulate but not very prominent on both surfaces; petiole slightly winged, covered with short rusty hairs.. Inflorescence up to 20 cm. long.. Calyx 0.1 cm. long, tomentellous, scarcely lobed.. Petals 0.5 cm. long, densely puberulous to tomentellous.. Staminal tube 0.3 cm. long, urceolate, margin subentire.. Capsule club-shaped, rounded at the apex, 14–21 × 4.5 cm.; valves 0.8 cm. thick, thickened and incurved at the apex, dehiscing from the apex of the capsule and remaining firmly attached to the base, the whole capsule falling entire, brownish black outside and with large rusty lenticels, shining golden-brown inside with darker streaks; scars on columella small, inconspicuous, without hairs, disposed in a single, ± central line on each face of the columella and connected by a sinuous irregular groove.. Seeds (including wing) ± 9.5 × 2 cm., dark brown, obliquely truncate at the base.. Fig. 16.
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A large tree. It grows 70 m tall. The trunk is long and straight. The bark is grey-brown and have cracks along it. It has buttresses. The leaves are clustered at the ends of branches. The leaves are 50 cm long with 16-32 leaflets that are opposite. The leaflets are 14 cm long by 5 cm wide. The flowering shoots are 20 cm long and the flowers are white. The seeds are 9 cm long and 2 cm wide. They are dark brown.
Bark usually grey-brown with well-marked longitudinal fissures
A large forest tree, to 210 ft. high, with long straight bole
Slash thick, reddish brown with paler lines, almost scentless
Leaves clustered at the ends of the branches
Buttresses usually well developed
Inflorescences tomentellous
A canopy and emergent tree, most commonly found in moist semi-deciduous forest, though it can also be found in evergreen forest.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows up to 1,350 m above sea level.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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