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*Large tree up to 45 m tall; bole branchless for up to 30 m, straight and cylindrical, up to 200 cm in diameter, thickened at the base, without buttresses; bark surface smooth or finely scaly, orange to reddish brown, inner bark fibrous, brittle, pale yellow, aromatic; crown umbrella-shaped; twigs short-hairy but soon becoming glabrous. *Leaves alternate, pinnately compound with 10–16 leaflets; stipules minute, early caducous; petiole and rachis 10–20 cm long, grooved above; petiolules 2–5 mm long, twisted; leaflets alternate, oblong to elliptical or obovate, 2.5–6.5 cm × 1.5–3.5 cm, base slightly asymmetrical and rounded or cuneate, apex rounded to notched, leathery, nearly glabrous, with translucent dots, pinnately veined with c. 20 pairs of lateral veins. *Inflorescence an axillary raceme up to 19 cm long, with spike-like branches 2(–6) cm long, densely hairy. *Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, white, nearly sessile, with 2 small, caducous bracteoles; sepals 4, ovate-lanceolate, c. 4 mm × 2–3 mm, 1 broader than other 3, densely hairy; petals absent or sometimes 4 present and then 1–2 mm long; stamens 8–10, free, c. 5 mm long; ovary superior, sessile, hairy at base and sides, 1-celled, style c. 3 mm long. *Fruit an ellipsoid to nearly globose pod 3–5 cm × 2–3.5 cm, slightly flattened, leathery, rough, glabrous to hairy, blackish, somewhat shiny, covered with small resin droplets, dehiscent with 2 valves, 1-seeded. *Seeds oblong, with a red aril.

Brink, M., 2012. '''Copaifera religiosa''' J.Léonard. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Louppe, D. & Oteng-Amoako, A.A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>.