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a South American species, has been grown as an ornamental tree at various places in East Africa, e.g. Uganda, Entebbe Botanic Gardens, Chandler 1143 !,Kenya, Marsabit, T. Adamson in E.A.H. 11304!, Nairobi Arboretum, G. R. Williams 329 !, Tanganyika, Morogoro, Wigg 976! Dale, Introd. Trees Ug.: 55 (1953) is rather disparaging of it. Apart from its habit, it may be further distinguished from P. dodecandra by the 20–30 stamens, the broader glabrous sepals, the more marked differentiation of the flowers (the staminodes being quite small or lacking in the ♀ flowers) and the fruits with less divergent carpels.