are in the Neotropics or tropical Africa. In Southeast Asia C. pentandra often only reaches 90 ft. Trunks can often be up to 3 m in diameter above the extensive buttress roots. The very largest individuals, however, can be 19 ft thick or more above the buttresses.

The buttress roots can be clearly seen in photographs extending 40 to 50 ft up the trunk of some specimens and extending out from