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*Small to medium-sized tree up to 24 m tall, with a pale grey bark. *Leaves alternate, imparipinnate with 3–8 leaflets; stipules oblong, often semi-persistent; petiole 1.5–2.5 cm long, rachis up to 12 cm long; stipels sometimes present; petiolules 1–2(–5) mm long, wrinkled; leaflets alternate, elliptical, lanceolate or oblong, 4–15 cm × 1.5–7 cm, base cuneate to rounded, apex gradually acuminate, glabrous, shiny. *Inflorescence a many-flowered terminal or axillary raceme 4–15 cm long, densely brown-pubescent; bracts oblong, up to 5 mm long, caducous. *Flowers bisexual, papilionaceous; pedicel up to 12(–19) mm long; calyx brown-pubescent, tube 4–5 mm long, lobes very broad, c. 2 mm long; corolla bluish, pinkish or white, 18–22 mm long, standard with a short claw, wings and keel with well-marked auricles; stamens 10, 9 fused and 1 free, sheath 10–13 mm long, free parts 5–6 mm long; ovary superior, shortly stalked, 10–11 mm long, densely hairy, style cylindrical, 5–6 mm long. *Fruit a shortly stalked, flat pod, 4.5–10 cm × 1.5–3.5 cm, asymmetric, shortly beaked, glabrescent, dehiscing with twisted valves, 2–3-seeded. *Seeds ellipsoid, c. 17 mm × 15 mm, black. *Seedling with hypogeal germination. ''Craibia'' comprises 10 species and is confined to tropical Africa. == Description ==   

* M. Brink , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands

Brink, M., 2006. '''Craibia brownii''' Dunn. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Brink, M. & Belay, G. (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}}.