Tall tree of the rain forest, to 30 m and 80 cm Ø; bole long and straight; bark blackish, grooved and scaly; slash thin, fibrous, yellowish/reddish. Leaves simple, alternate, with numerous fine, straight laterals joining a sub-marginal nerve. Ripe fruits with flattened base, about 5 cm long and 4cm Ø, yellowish. There is a liana with leaves very similar to C. pruniforme: C. welwitschii. See also PROTA database.