Synonym: Dischistocalyx pubescens.
Name: Herayye in Ethiopia.
Region: East and Southern Africa, except in South Africa; Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.
Habitat: along the forest trails and in forest gaps; altitude 275 to 1150 m.
Use: food for goats.
BotanyShrub, shrubbery herb; erect; soft-wooded; up to 2.5 m tall.
Roots: adventitious; stilt roots, develop from the basal nodes of the stem near the soil, which supports the plant against wind. Leaves: opposite; up to 8 to 24 cm long; ovate to elliptic; with distinct drip-tip; narrow at the base and apex.
Inflorescence: lateral; with terminal racemose heads, 3 cm long; hairy on the inside.
Flowers: hermaphroditic; radial; white with purple marking; corolla is hairy on the outside, up to 3 cm long, variable size; peduncle is 0.5 to 23 mm long, winged, hairy to hairless; bracts are purplish; pedicles are 1 mm long; calyx is 5 to 10 mm long; lobes are linear-lanceolate, from acute to obtuse; ccorolla is white with purple lines near the racemoid head, pubescent, with glossy hairs; stamen is 8 to 15 mm long, acute or bifid at the apex; four ovules.
Fruit: capsule; 11 to 14 mm long.
Seeds: ellipsoid to circular; 3 to 4 mm.