Fadogia ancylantha Schweinf.

A low growing woody shrub with a woody rootstock 2 cm across. It grows up to 1.8 m tall. There are 2-6 stems. The stems are 3 angled and slightly hairy. The leaves are in pairs or rings of three. They are 3-11 cm long by 1-7 cm wide. The flowers are usually as 2-3 together. They are 2 cm long. They are greenish-yellow and tube shaped. The fruit are grey-green and 12 mm across. They can have 5 lobes.

Grassland with scattered trees, high grassland, Acacia and Combretum wooded grassland as well as Brachystegia woodland; also in old cultivation, at elevations from 100-1,900 metres.

The ripe fruit are fleshy and are eaten raw. Dry leaves are boiled and used for tea. The nectar of the flowers is sucked by children.

Plants can be grown from fresh seeds.