[1] Daniellia ogea is a large emergent species that is capable of reaching 45 m (148 ft) tall and a diameter of more than 120 cm (47 in) wide, its bark is distinctively striate or warty and greyish in color with a slash that is brownish.

[2] The trunk is cylindrical and straight and the glabrous stems have transverse scars of falling off stipules and bud scales.

[2] Leaves are paripinnately compound, alternate and with stipules and petioles present, the former sheds when young.

It is found in evergreen and moist semi-deciduous forest zones, in rocky slopes or well drained valleys.

[3] Gum obtained from the wood is used is applied in various uses such as a protective coating, as a fragrant for clothes and also as a cosmetic ointment.