A spreading tree 5–15(–18) m. high; bole usually straight and clear of branches for several meters, up to 40 cm. in diameter; bark grey, spirally grooved, fairly smooth; branchlets rusty tomentose.. Leaves (3–)5–9(–13)-foliolate, opposite or subopposite; rachis 10–25 cm. long, somewhat semicylindric, ferrugineus tomentose; lateral petiolules 0.5–2.5 mm. long, terminal one 1–5 cm. long; leaflets oblong-ovate or elliptic, (7–)9–13(–16) cm. long, 4–7(–9) cm. broad, somewhat acuminate to submucronate at the apex, obtuse or subcordate and asymmetric at the base, margin entire, discolorous, young ones usually ferrugineus tomentose on both surfaces, mature ones tomentose or puberulent above, pubescent or tomentose beneath; midrib and lateral nerves pubescent on both surfaces but more so beneath with straight stiff hairs.. Inflorescences in terminal fascicles on the branchlets, spikes or spike-like, 6–15(–25) cm. long; axis tomentose; flowers glomerate, subsessile or with pedicels up to 3 mm. long.. Calyx-lobes ovate, ± 1 mm. long, puberulent and ciliate along the margin.. Petals oblong, 2.2–3.5 mm. long, 1.5–1.7 mm. broad, yellowish.. Drupe oblong, somewhat compressed and oblique, 10–13 mm. long, 7–8 mm. in diameter, dull purplish when ripe, glabrous or with very few scattered hairs.
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A tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 5-18 m tall and has a spreading crown. The trunk can be 40 cm across. Plants are separately male and female. The fruit are purple to red. It is cylinder shaped and 10-13 mm long by 7-8 mm wide.
Tall grass savannah; forest edges; gallery forest; woodland with Albizia zygia; rocky ground in stream valley; wooded grassland with Combretum collinum; savannah with Lonchocarpus, Vitex cienkowskii, clay soils; at elevations to 1,600 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in arid places. It grows in savannah grassland and on the edge of forests. It grows up to 1,600 m above sea level.
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