Swynnerton's Lightning Bush

swynnertonii: named after Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877-1938), well-known naturalist, who first recorded and collected many species of flora and fauna in and around the Chirinda Forest

Much-branched shrub, up to c. 4 m. Leaves elliptic-(ob)lanceolate, up to 11 × 4.5 cm, dull green to bluish-green above, paler below, densely hairy on both surfaces, particularly when young; margin entire. Flowers in axillary clusters, yellowish, unisexual on different plants. Fruit round, c. 5 mm in diameter, pale green, pubescent.

Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.