Large thick tree; young branchlets blackish, striate, subpilose; leaves imparipinnate, 6-8-jugate, subcoriaceous, rhachis 20-30 cm long, glabrous or subpilose, winged, wings 3-4 mm on each side.
Ecology :
Gallery forest.
 
Close to B. pachyneura.
 
Put in synonymy under B. abyssinica subsp. abyssinica by Mikkelsen & Seberg (2001).