Catostemma fragrans Benth.

A tree. It grows 15-30 m tall. The trunk can be 50 cm across. The twigs are covered with hairs. The leaves are alternate and clustered at the ends of small branches. The leaf blades are leathery and narrowly oval. They are 7-23 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. They can have some hairs underneath. The seedlings have simple leaves. The flowering shoots are in clusters in the axils of leaves. The flowers have a sweet scent. The flowers are tube shaped and the petals are white. The fruit is a woody capsule that is dull orange or rusty brown. It is oval and 4-10 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. It is densely velvet with ribs along it. There is one seed. This is orange and 5-7 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The seed wall is fleshy and edible.

Found at low elevations in a range of rainforest types, but especially in marsh and savannah forests.

Plants are grown from seed.