Maesopsis eminii Engl.

Trees (5–)15–25(–42) m. tall; trunk (l–)2–5(–10) dm. thick; bark silvery grey with vertical twisted furrowing; slash red outside, yellow near the wood; heartwood yellowish, darkening on exposure to reddish brown.. Year-old branchlets glabrescent, smooth, brownish, lenticellate; youngest branches dark, puberulent to nearly glabrous.. Leaf-blades ovate-elliptic to oblong-ovate, 7–14 cm. long, 2.5–6 cm. wide, lustrous above, paler beneath, glabrous except when quite young, at base rounded to subcordate, acuminate, at margins with rounded ± salient teeth or projections 0.3–5 mm. long, on each side of midrib with (6–)7–10 secondary nerves; petioles 6–12 mm. long, puberulent to glabrescent.. Stipules 2–6 mm. long, puberulent.. Cymes 1–5 cm. long, many-flowered; primary peduncle 4–25 mm. long; ultimate pedicels l–3(–6) mm. long.. Sepals ± 1.5 mm. long.. Drupe (only 1, 2 or rarely 3 fruits set per inflorescence) obovoid or narrowly so, 22–30 mm. long, 10–16 mm. thick, the style and stigma persistent; outer portion of mesocarp fleshy.

A tropical plant. It grows in forest and needs a wet climate. It is often grown as a shade tree for coffee, cacao and cardamon. It grows in moist forests between 700-1,500 m above sea level.

Plants can be grown by seeds. Seeds are removed from the fruit and washed and dried. Before planting they are soaked in water for 3 days