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*''Amphimas klaineanus'' Pierre ex Pellegr. (1912).

*Large deciduous tree up to 45(–50) m tall; bole straight, cylindrical, branchless for up to 25(–30) m, up to 120(–150) cm in diameter, with thick buttresses; bark surface smooth to slightly rough, finely fissured or with rectangular scales, grey to greyish brown, inner bark thick, soft, fibrous, creamy to yellowish, exuding a red exudate; crown hemispherical; young twigs densely reddish brown hairy. *Leaves arranged spirally in tufts at the ends of branches, imparipinnately compound with 11–19 leaflets; stipules leafy, up to 2.5 cm long, caducous; petiole 2.5–4.5 cm long, rachis up to 30 cm long but sometimes longer, densely hairy; leaflets alternate to opposite, with thread-like stipels at base of 2–3 mm long petiolules, (3–)6–18 cm × (1.5–)2–6 cm, ovate to oblong or elliptical, rounded to shortly acuminate at apex, densely short-hairy below, pinnately veined with veins distinct below. *Inflorescence a lax terminal or axillary compound raceme c. 20 cm long, strongly branched, many-flowered. *Flowers bisexual or male, regular, 5-merous, fragrant; pedicel c. 1 mm long; calyx campanulate, c. 3 mm long, with short lobes, densely brown hairy; petals free, equal, c. 5 mm long, deeply 2-lobed, whitish; stamens 10, fused at base, c. 4 mm long; ovary superior, stipitate, densely to sparsely hairy, style slender, c. 3.5 mm long. *Fruit a pendulous, flat, elliptical to oblong pod, 15–22 cm × 5–7 cm, with large papery wing all around, reticulately veined, golden brown, indehiscent or slowly dehiscing with 2 valves, 1(–2)-seeded. *Seed kidney-shaped, 2–2.5(–3) cm long, brown.

Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 2008. '''Amphimas ferrugineus''' Pierre ex Pellegr. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.