Afrolicania elaeosperma Mildbr.

A medium sized tree. The branches hang down. The leaves are narrowly oval and wedge shaped at the base. They taper to the tip and droop. The flowers are small and greenish-white. They are in groups at the ends of the branches. The fruit are oval and warty. It is thin shelled and has a tough layer. It contains a single seed.

Coastal and riverine primary and secondary forest in the Guineo-Congolian rainforest zone, sometimes on the land-side behind mangroves. It often grows on very poor sandy soils.

Can be grown by seedlings.