blygonocarpus is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae.

[2] The species grows up to 25 m tall but often shorter and it is largely hairless, the bark is grey black to brownish, shedding irregularly scales and leaving reddish scars.

[3] Leaves are bipinnately compound, up to 2 - 5 opposite pinnae each having 12 - 18 alternate or sub-opposite leaflets.

Inflorescence is arranged in axillary racemes, with the creamy yellow to whitish flowers fragrant.

[3] Native to Tropical Africa, in Ghana eastwards to Sudan and Uganda and southwards to Botswana and Tanzania.