Principally from West and Central Africa. Occurs in moist deciduous high forests, dry subtypes, and transitional formations. Rather abundant in the Ivory Coast.
Timber is corrosive to metals.
Janka side hardness 1,080 lb for green material and 1,260 lb for dry. Movement in service is rated as medium. Heartwood is moderately resistant to attack by decay fungi and termites. Sapwood is liable to attack by powder-post beetle.