Parinari anamensis Hance

A tree. It grows 6-15 m tall. It can grow to 30 m tall. The trunk can be 30-60 cm across. The bark is grey-brown and deeply cracked. It has buttresses. The leaves are 6-15 cm long and 4-9 cm wide. They are oval with slightly pointed tips. There are 12-15 pairs of veins. The flowers are small and white. They are in slender branched clusters near the ends of twigs. These are 20 cm long. The fruit are 3-4 cm long and brown with grey scabs. They have a thin flesh. There are 1-2 seeds.

A tropical plant. It grows in forest clearings. In Vietnam it occurs above 800 m altitude.

The fruit are eaten. In times of food shortage the green fruit are boiled and eaten.

Can be grown by seedlings.