Parafini

magalismontana: of the Magaliesberg mountains; trifoliolata: with 3-foliolate leaves.

Small shrub up to 1.5 m tall. Petiole 1-4 cm. Leaflets sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, the central one 5-13 × 0.3-0.6 cm, the lateral ones as long or shorter, sometimes falcate; apex acute and mucronate; margin entire or slightly undulate; midrib raised above and beneath. Panicles lax with divaricate branches. Pedicels 2.5-4 mm long. Female flowers: calyx segments obtuse; petals c. 1.5 mm long, obtuse; styles deflexed. Fruit a shiny glabrous drupe, 3-4 mm in diameter.

Confined to Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa (Limpopo province)