TREE to 15.3m in height, DBH 29.6cm, trunk height to foliage 1.3m, crown height 14m, crown width 5.9m, OUTER BARK rough, flaky, FISSURES vertical, narrow, BARK light brown, red, pink,CAMBIUM light brown, red, pink, WOOD light brown, pink, EXUDATE absent, DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot.
Distribution: BRC, LAE, MIN, US, GH, K, L, CANB, SING, BISH, BRIT, BRU; Local Name: tongo; Village Use: timber for house and fencing construction; firewood; leaves used as cigarette paper