Shrub or small tree with characteristic thin leaves: the darker green nerves stand out against the lighter green blade. Petiole short, to 15 mm, soon corky. Blade about 20 x 7.5 cm, with 7 – 10 pairs of laterals, glaucous or metallic below, frequently pustulate. Margin shallowly dented. Big flowers. Fruit splitting open before ripening, seeds developing on the reflexed valves, about 1 cm, in a sweet orange pulp. Syn.: Gymnorinorea abidjanensis.

Small tree. Leaves obovate with a petiole of more than 2 cm; blade gland-dotted below, with ± 9 pairs of laterals; margin dentate.|Syn.: Rinorea djalonensis

Small understory tree to 4 m in wetter forests. Leaves simple, alternate, variable in form, 5 – 15 cm long, short petiole, glabrous. Blade mostly narrowly elliptic – oblanceolate, with entire or finely serrate margin; 5 – 8 pairs of laterals looping ± halfway the margin.;with swollen base or top;blade with 4 – 8 pairs of laterals.

Common small tree to 15 m high; slash with gritty bits. Leaves up to 30 cm long and 13 cm wide, no scalariform venation. Petiole 2 – 3 cm, slightly swollen at the top; blade with 8 – 12 pairs of laterals. See also PROTA database.m long and 13 cm wide, no scalariform venation. Petiole 2 – 3 cm, slight;ly swollen at the top; blade with 8 – 12 pairs of laterals. See also PROTA database.;small tree;