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*Evergreen small to medium-sized tree up to 20(–30) m tall; bole branchless for up to 12(–20) m, up to 45(–65) cm in diameter; bark surface smooth, greenish brown, inner bark brown; twigs short-hairy, with whitish lenticels. *Leaves arranged spirally, paripinnately compound with 5–11 pairs of leaflets; stipules linear, 1–1.5 cm long, caducous; petiole and rachis together 3–15 cm long, grooved above and slightly winged, short-hairy; leaflets opposite, sessile, oblong to elliptical, 1–6 cm × 0.5–2.5 cm, usually rounded at apex, slightly hairy below. *Inflorescence an axillary or terminal panicle up to 12 cm long, short-hairy; bracts small. *Flowers bisexual, nearly regular, whitish or slightly pinkish; pedicel 0.5–1.5 cm long, short-hairy, jointed near apex and persistent after shedding of flowers; sepals 4, ovate to oblong, 3.5–4 mm long, reflexed; petals 5, free, oblong, 4–4.5 mm long; stamens 10, free, 6–8 mm long, slightly unequal; ovary superior, ellipsoid, c. 2 mm long, with short stipe, hairy, 1-celled, style 3–4 mm long. *Fruit a slightly obliquely oblong-obovate, flat pod 6.5–7 cm × 3–3.5 cm, with short stipe, short-pointed at apex, smooth and brown, dehiscent with 2 woody, twisting valves, 1–2-seeded. *Seeds rounded, dark brown. *Seedling with epigeal germination; hypocotyl 2.5–3.5 cm long, epicotyl 6.5–8 cm long; cotyledons oblong, thick and fleshy, wrinkled; first 2 leaves alternate, with 8–10 leaflets.

* R.H.M.J. Lemmens , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands

Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 2011. '''Cynometra lujae''' De Wild. [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>.