Petchia madagascariensis (A.Dc.) Leeuwenb.

A shrub or small tree. It grows 10 m tall. It is 25 cm across the trunk. The bark is smooth but cracked. It is dark brown. The leaves are in rings of 3-4 or opposite. They are simple and entire. They are narrowly oval and up to 23 cm long by 10 cm wide. The base it wedge shaped and it can taper to the tip There are 15-20 pairs of side veins. The edges curl back. There are several groups of flowers together at the ends of branches. The flowers contain both sexes and are yellow. The fruit are made up of 2 follicles and each one has 1-13 fleshy fruit covering one seed each.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in humid evergreen forest. It is mostly near the coast but can grow up to 600 m altitude.

The fruit pulp is sweet and edible.

Can be grown by seedlings.