Isoberlinia doka Craib & Stapf

Tree 10–18 m. high or more.. Leaves: upper part of stipules free, lanceolate, to ± 2 cm. long, caducous, or apparently absent; petiole with rhachis 11–24 cm. long; leaflets 3–4 pairs, ovate to elliptic, 6–18 cm. long, 3.3–13 cm. wide, glabrous or sparsely and inconspicuously pubescent on midrib and lateral nerves beneath, with the surface glabrous or nearly so to minutely and sparsely puberulous; primary lateral nerves 6–11 on each side of the midrib.. Panicles rather lax to rather dense; ultimate racemose branches 3.5–8(–18) cm. long, tomentellous to puberulous or glabrescent.. Bracts 2–3.5 mm. long.. Pedicels of open flowers 2–5 mm. long.. Bracteoles 9–12 mm. long, 6–9 mm. wide, fawn.. Sepals 5, white.. Petals white; upper one oblong-elliptic, 8–12 mm. long, 4.5–5 mm. wide, rounded or slightly emarginate but not bilobed at apex; 4 smaller 6–12 mm. long, 3–4 mm. wide.. Stamens 10.. Pods 15–30 cm. long, 5–7 cm. wide, with brown indumentum partially rubbing off with maturity.. Seeds 2.5–3.3 × 1.8–2.5 cm.

Deciduous woodland; tall grass savannah; always in stands; forming beautiful open forests; often with Isoberlinia tomentosa, Burkea africana, Prosopis africana, Uapaca somon, Monotes kerstingii; growing in sandy, lateritic, rocky soils.

Can be grown by seedlings.