Vangueria burnettii (Tennant) Lantz

A shrub or small tree. It grows 2-5 m tall. The branches are slender. There are pale rusty hairs in young parts. The bark is purple-brown and grooved. The leaves are in opposite pairs. The leaf blade are oval and 9 cm long. The leaves are green with some rusty hairs above and pale rusty hairs underneath. The flowers are pale green to yellow. They have a slender tube 1 cm long. The fruit is a rounded verry. It is 1-3 cm across. There are 2-5 reddish brown seeds.

Ravines, streams and rocky places in thickets and woodlands, at elevations from 1,200-1,500 metres in Tanzania. Dry, rocky streambeds at elevations around 150 metres in Zambia.

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.

Plants can ge grown from seeds.