Medium-sized rainforest tree to 20 m high and 80 cm Ø, less common in the semi deciduous forest. Tree characterized by its slash: a thin green outer layer over a pink-purple slash with streaks of dark brown. Twigs without terminal bud. Leaves with 4 – 8 grouped at regular intervals along short twigs, creating the impression of a pinnate leaf. Leaf petiole 0.5 – 1.5 cm; blade 6 – 20 x 4 – 9 cm, with a dentate margin; 4 – 5 pairs of laterals; venation finely transverse scalariform. Fruit subglobose/ovoid, 6 – 7 x 5 – 6 cm, yellowish green, in bundles; pericarp thick, brick red, surrounding a big hard nut that can often be found under the tree. See also PROTA database.

Very common weedy tree or shrub in all forest types. Twigs and petiole with short yellow hairs. Leaf clearly or slightly dentate, slightly asymmetric at base, slightly resembling Panda oleosa. Fruit a small drupe of about 10 mm Ø, containing a small nut with woody points. See also PROTA database. Syn.: Microdesmis puberula.