Craterispermum laurinum Benth.

A shrub or small tree. It grows 7 m tall. The leaves are simple, entire and opposite. The leaf blade is broadly oval and 10-20 cm long by 4-9 cm wide. The leaves narrow towards the base. The flowers are in groups near the axils of the leaves. The flowers are yellow or white and have a waxy covering inside the funnel shaped tube. The fruit are fleshy and 5 mm across. They are blue to black with one seed inside.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests, thickets and along river banks and in palm groves. In Nigeria it is recorded at 1,440 m above sea level.

The bark is considered sweet and edible.

It is easily grown from cuttings.