[3] Both species have similar leaf indumentum and are widespread in the Lower and Upper Guinea forest mosaic.

[4] Species reaches 25 meters in height, the trunk is straight, often grooved and angular with buttressed roots at the base.

Fruit is ovoid to globular shaped, with up to 5 shiny brown elliptical seeds; the fruit is rounded at the base, pointed or rounded at apex, 2.3-3 cm in diameter and up to 7 cm long,[4] when ripe is it yellowish to orange colored.

[6] Gambeya africana grows in West and Central Africa, from Guinea eastwards to Uganda and southwards to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cabinda.

Latex is obtained from the tree bark and used for birdlime while the wood is often mixed with other African Gambeya species traded in the timber market.