Its range extends from the Eastern Cape of South Africa to Sudan and Ethiopia.

[1] Tree up to 30 meters tall which can be evergreen or semi-evergreen.

Can be up to 1 meter diameter at breast height and may be slightly buttressed or fluted at the base branchlets with white lenticels.

Leaves imparipinnate, with petiole and rhachis up to 35 cm long.

[2] Seasonally dry tropical biome,[1] often in edge environments of montane, mid-altitude or riparian forest.