Guettarda pohliana Müll.Arg.

A tree. It grows 3-7 m tall. It has many branches. The trunk is short and crooked and 15-25 cm across. The bark is grey and splits irregularly. The leaves are opposite. The leaf blades are oval or sword shaped and 5-8 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The flowers are in a flat topped group in the axils of leaves and at the ends of branches. There are 7-20 flowers in a group. The fruit is fleshy with a stone inside and velvety black when ripe.

Gallery forests, usually in more open places, favouring moist to wet soils by rivers, streams and rocky waterfalls.

The small amount of juicy sweet flesh is eaten.

Plants are grown from seeds. The ripe fruit are shaken into a canvas and allowed to dry. These dried fruits need to be planted fresh into a seedbed under part shade. Seedlings emerge in 80-100 days.