Deinbollia borbonica Scheff.

Shrub or small tree 0.6–4.5 m. tall with simple stem, monoecious; branchlets brownish or blackish, golden hairy when young, later glabrescent.. Leaves terminal with petiole 7–15 cm. long; rhachis 20–42 cm. long; petiolules 0–4 mm. long; leaflets (3–)6–10-jugate, alternate or subopposite, oblong-elliptic to elliptic or sometimes obovate to oblanceolate, 5–23 cm. long, 1.9–8.5 cm. wide, mostly rounded or subacute at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base or rarely subcordate, often densely ferruginous pubescent beneath when very young, but mostly glabrous save for a few adpressed hairs on the main nerves beneath but rarely ± densely ferruginous pubescent beneath; lateral nerves in 5–9(–12) pairs, venation very prominent on both sides, particularly beneath.. Inflorescences terminal, 30–32(–60) cm. long, shortly branched at the base or much branched; ultimate cymules (2–)4–6-flowered; rhachis velvety ferruginous; pedicels 1–3 mm. long.. Calyx densely dark brown or silvery to creamy-ferruginous pubescent outside; sepals elliptic to round, 4–5 mm. long, 2.5–4.5 mm. wide.. Petals white, drying red-brown, elliptic, 5.5–6 mm. long, 2.8–3 mm. wide, with long white cilia, scale 4 mm. long.. Stamens 15–17; filaments white, hairy; anthers pale yellow; staminodes short.. Ovary densely pubescent or glabrous in a Madagascan form (see general note); style and stigma pale green; ovary rudiment very reduced.. Fruiting inflorescence up to 40 cm. long; mericarps 2–3, yellow or white, red or golden brown, ovoid or subglobose, 1–1.4 cm. long, densely pale brown hairy when young, becoming thinly hairy; flesh white, mucilaginous.

A tropical plant. It grows in open woodland on sandy soils. It grows in the lowlands. It is common in coastal areas of Kenya. In Tanzania it grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.

The pulp of the fruit is sweet and eaten raw as a snack.

Plants can easily be grown from seeds.