Hilleria latifolia (Lam.) H.Walter

Shrubby herb 0.4–2 m. tall, with some weak bristly pubescence along the angles of the youngest branches only.. Leaf-blades ovate-elliptic to elliptic-oblong or elliptic-obovate, up to 8–16(–20) cm. long and 3.5–7.5(–9) cm. wide, markedly acuminate, broadly cuneate to the slightly decurrent unequal-sided base, glabrous except for small hairs on the nerves particularly beneath; crystals visible as short raised lines beneath; primary lateral nerves 6–10 on either side; petiole (1–)2–5(–7) cm. long, adaxially pubescent.. Racemes ± 4–10(–25 in fruit) cm. long, subdensely many-flowered, setulose-pubescent along the ridges of the rhachis; bracts long-caudate from an ovate basal part, 1–2 mm. long, caducous; pedicels slender, 1.2–2(–4 in fruit) mm. long, with minute bracteoles on the upper part.. Sepals green or white, often turning yellow or red in fruit, ± 1.5–2 mm. long in flower, accrescent to twice this size in fruit.. Stamens 4, a little shorter than the sepals.. Style very short or lacking, with an obliquely capitate stigma.. Fruit 2–3 mm. across, laxly venose when dry, turning yellow to dark red or purple.. Fig. 2.

Rainforest, riverine and groundwater forest; also along forest margins and roads; and as a weed in plantations; at elevations from 500-1,600 metres in Africa. Often found in very shady places.

It is considered toxic but also used as a vegetable. It can cause severe diarrhoea. The dried fruit are used as a relish. The leaves are cooked and eaten as a leafy vegetable.

Can be grown by seedlings.