Per Noad and Birnie (1989): Deciduous native tree with large elliptic leaves clustered at terminus of branches. The fruit are two-winged, longer than wide and turning rose-red to purple when ripe. Leaf margins are smooth and wavy. Occurs in wooded savanna from 700 m up to 2000 m.

Cream colored flowers in spikes release unpleasant fragrance especially at night. A menagerie of insects and other creature live on the foliage and twigs of this native plant.