Donella viridifolia (J. M. Wood & Franks) Aubrév. & Pellegr.

viridifolium: green-leaved

Evergreen tree. Stem often fluted at the base; bark mottled pale grey, fairly smooth, branches held in the horizontal plane, somewhat zigzag; young branches with reddish short hairs. Leaves oblong to narrowly ovate-oblong, up 4-9.5 × 1.5-5 cm., contracted at the apex to a blunt tip, glossy dark green above, hairless with the midrib indented, paler green below, with fine rusty hairs, particularly on the midrib; lateral veining fine but distinct, forming a sub-marginal vein; margin entire, wavy. Flowers in axillary clusters; white. Fruit subspherical, up to 3.5 cm in diameter, slightly 3-5-ribbed, yellow and when ripe, edible.

Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.