Aspilia africana is a semi-woody herb from a perennial woody root-stock to 25–130 cm high.

Leaves are 4–12 cm long and lanceolate.

It is widely distributed across tropical Africa, occurring on grasslands, woodlands, forest margins, and abandoned cultivated zones.

[1] Aspilia africana has been classified as a low toxicity plant and has been used in traditional African medicine to treat wounds.

[2] There is no scientific evidence that it has any medicinal properties.