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*A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole up to 45 cm in diameter; stipules .*Stipules caducous, narrow; leaves with 7-9(-15) leaflets, leaflets rounded to acute or shortly blunt-acuminate at apex, margin entire to slightly dentate, glabrous to minutely tomentose below, with 15-24 pairs of secondary veins; inflorescence .*Inflorescence axillary, narrowly paniculate; flowers .*Flowers 4-6.5 mm long, stamens 6; fruit .*Fruit ovoid, circular to bluntly triangular in cross-section, c. 20 mm × 12.5 mm, glabrous.  The species is divided into 3 varieties, 2 of which occur in New Guinea: var. ''australianum'' and var. ''glabrum'' Leenh. ''C. australianum'' is found in rain and monsoon forest, in Australia in drier vegetations and even on coastal sands too, apparently restricted to areas with a periodically dry season, at low altitude. See also the table on wood properties.