Medium to large tree up to 30 m tall, major branches horizontal or ascending at about 45°, bark pale grey and rough. Leaves 5 - 11 foliolate, ussually over 9 on reproductive shoots. Flowers emerging at or just before leaf emergence, with petals pale yellow, becoming darker with age. Fruits ussually oblong, pericarp brown.
Phenology: flowering in November and December, ripe fruit in October and November.
Confined to the northern tip of Madagascar the species is known from just five sites.
No synonyms are recorded for this name.
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Flower | yellow |
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Bark color | Greyish |
Bark aspect | rough |
Leafform | entire |
Distribution | Diana-Sofia |
Fruit | Oblong |