Straight, cylindrical trunk that can be branchless for up to 20 meters, stem bark is rarely scaly, commonly thick and soft and yellow or grey-green in colour.

Leaf-blade, narrowly elliptical to obovate in outline, 10 x 24 cm long and 2 x 5 cm wide;[4] dark green upper surface is coriaceous and glabrous while lower surface is duller.

[3] Occurs in Tropical West and Central Africa, from Sierra Leone to the Central African Republic and southwards to Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

[8] Bark extracts used by traditional healers as treatment for bronchitis, toothache, edema and head lice.

[6] Wood used as timber in local carpentry work, especially as planks or for poles in house construction.