Sorindeia africana

The species commonly grows as a tree but it has been observed growing as a shrub, it can reach a height of 33 m (108 ft) and a diameter of up to 40 cm (16 in).^[2] Branches are sometimes free of hair but when hairy, it has a distinctive brown indumentum. Leaves are papery to leathery, leaflets can reach 20 cm (7.9 in) in length and 6 cm (2.4 in) in width, they are rounded to cuneate at base and acuminate at the apex.^[2] Inflorescence are in axillary or terminal panicles. Fruit is yellowish to orange when ripe.^[2]

Sorindeia africana occurs largely in west-central tropical Africa (Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon) and has also been observed in Angola, Nigeria and Zambia.^[1]