Musanga cecropioides R.Br. ex Tedlie

A tree. The trunk is 15 m long and 1.1 m across. The crown is umbrella shaped. The leaves have long stalks. These are 60 cm long. The leaves have 12-15 leaflets in a ring. These are 45 cm long by 10 cm wide. The fruit are fleshy and 10 cm long by 4 cm wide. It is made up of small fruit with a seed in each.

Secondary forests in recent clearings on superficially damp soils; common on old farms in closed forest; rare in rain-forest; swamp forest; along rivers; often in pure regular stands; at elevations from near sea level to about 1,200 metres.

The bark is added to fermenting sugar cane sap to increase the potency. The fruit is eaten. The sprouts are cooked as a vegetable. The sap from the aerial root is used as a drink.

Seeds do not grow easily in garden settings but trees grow naturally from seeds. Seeds are usually sown directly where they are to grow.