It is native to tropical Africa and grows in savanna woodlands.

Medium-sized tree that can grow up to 27 meters tall, trunk; branchless up to 12 meters, cylindrical, straight, rough - flaky bark covering, grey - brown with red exudate, young twigs with brown hairs.

[1] Leaves: alternate arrangement, clustered near the ends of branches, imparipinnate compound with 4 - 8 leaflets.

[1] Used as source material of timber, red exudate obtained from bark used for tanning.

[2] In parts of Togo, root bark extracts is used to treat sexual dysfunction and other plant extracts are used by traditional healers to treat a variety of diseases.