Finschia chloroxantha Diels

A tree up to 24-30 m tall with adventitious roots up to 1.5 m above the ground. The wood is red brown and strong. Leaves are long (25 cm) and narrow (5 cm) and without hairs. The leaves are often clustered near the ends of branches so that the tree does not have a dense covering of leaves. The leaves can be 25 cm by 10 cm in size and have a vein around the edge joining the other leaf veins. The flowers occur is a long cluster up to 30 cm long and are bright orange in colour. They hang below the leaves and on the older wood. The flowers have both male and female parts in the same flower. The nuts are round and 2.5 cm by 3 cm across and brown. They have a sharp point on one side. The outside of the fruit is soft but there is a hard shell inside with one large edible seed. Flowers are rusty brown in long strings up to 20 cm long. Fruit are about 5 cm across. They have one seed inside. The nuts are round and 2.5 cm by 3 cm across and brown.

A tropical plant. Trees occur in lowland and mountain areas throughout Papua New Guinea up to about 1800 m altitude. They are usually in well drained primary forest. They also occur in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

The kernels of the fruit are eaten. The hard shell is broken by burning after cooking.

Trees are planted from seed but also grow wild. Seeds often germinate slowly. The fruit is harvested when ripe and roasted to crack the shell to obtain the edible kernel. The seeds are cooked and eaten.