Erythrophleum chlorostachys (F.Muell.) Baill.

Tree to 20 m high, rarely a shrub; branchlets glabrous to sparingly pubescent; bark dark grey to blackish, tessellated. Leaves with petiole 3–8 cm long; rachis 3.5–13 cm long; pinnae mostly 2 or 3 pairs; secondary rachises 7–20 cm long; leaflets mostly 5–8 per pinna, obliquely elliptic, ovate, obovate or orbicular, mostly 2.5–8.5 cm long, 1.8–8 cm wide, asymmetric, rounded, obtuse or emarginate apically, glabrous or with scattered hairs basally and on the petiolules; venation conspicuous. Racemes mostly 4.5–13 cm long; axis usually clothed with short hairs. Flowers usually sessile or almost so, occasionally distinctly pedicellate, cream to greenish yellow. Calyx usually 2–2.5 (–4.5) mm long; lobes shorter than the tube, pubescent throughout or only on margins. Petals 2.5–6 mm long, with pubescent margins. Stamens alternately long and short. Pod mostly 11–20 cm long, 2.2–3.8 cm wide, dark reddish black, glabrous. Seeds suborbicular.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in open country. It is usually on sandy soils. Trees shed their leaves during dry periods. Plants can tolerate coastal exposure. They need a sunny position and well drained soil. It suits hardiness zones 10-12.

Poisonous. The gum is sometimes mixed with food as a poison. It should not be eaten.

Plants can be grown from seed. The seed need treatment before they will grow. Suckers and root cuttings can also be used.