its just those two leaves??? ... its probably just shipping/transporting damage.. from grower to seller ... it happen way before you got it ...

no plant holds it leaves forever ... and older leaves often show damage.. as they wind down ...

i would not repot it until it has had a period of adjustment in its new home .... its been moved ... again.. from grower.. to seller to your house ... so give it some time to settle down ...

if need be.. you could pot this pot into a larger pot.. for stability reasons .... and then give it a month or two to settle.. or harden off ... to new cultural conditions.. including.. light levels.. humidity.. a/c .. temps ..... etc ...

if you heap the prior stresses on top of newer stresses.. then you will be hard pressed to determine future issues ...

in the mean time.. try to figure out.. how you will keep it upright.. when you repot ... its going to be top heavy .... and we dont want it flopping over afterwards ...

ken

This tree is native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. Considering that, it does reasonably well indoors, where the air is frequently very dry, either due to air conditioning or heat. The browning is normal; if you were to see the plants in their native environment they would not have pristine leaves. Your plant looks great, I would not worry about it.

I disagree that the brown is normal. It’s not. It’s caused by either mechanical damage, over watering or high salt levels in the soil due to fertilizer or tap water.

However, I wouldn’t freak out. I’d correct any issues that need to be corrected.

I should have said 'typical'. I never saw one without some cosmetic damage to some of the leaves, I think partly because the leaves are big and brittle.

The spoiled foliage is not normal or typical except in plants that are being asked to deal with conditions at the extremes at or near the limits they are genetically programmed to tolerate, and it's not related to natural senescence (aging). If we default to suggesting what the strongest probabilities are w/o more info, which would be needed in order to offer a diagnosis we could be comfortable with, I'd say that you should suspect over-watering and/or a high level of salts in the soil solution. An extremely high % of spoiled foliage is the victim of one, the other, or a combination of both. Too, plants under very bright conditions and ideal temperatures can handle a much higher level of salinity (fertilizer salts in the soil solution) than plants in low light conditions; so, when you move a plant fertilized at luxury rates under ideal conditions to a low light environment, suddenly the level of salinity that served the plant well under a strong photo load can produce fertilizer burn in a low light environment, this, w/o fertilizing or otherwise increasing the level of dissolved solids in the soil solution.

The picture is not clear enough to see if your plant has a mealybug infestation. You should investigate that potentiality.

None of the aforementioned should be read as a diagnosis, just providing a direction in which to look. How do you know or determine when it's time to water?

Al