Crossopteryx febrifuga (Afzel. ex G. Don) Benth.

febrifuga: referring to the use in traditional medicine to reduce fever.

Shrub or small deciduous tree. Leaves opposite, elliptic to ovate, variously hairy or glabrous with conspicuous net-veining below. Flowers small, in dense terminal heads, creamy-white, sometimes tinged with pink. Fruit in clusters of ovoid capsules, crowned with the scars of the calyces.

Common

From Ethiopia and Senegal, throughout much of tropical Africa, as far south as Limpopo, South Africa.