Brenandendron frondosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

Brenandendron frondosum (also known as Vernonia frondosa) of the Composite, or Daisy Family (Compositae, or Asteraceae), grows as a shrub or small tree, measuring up to 20 feet (6 m) tall, with a trunk girth of about 1 ft (0.3 m).

The sessile leaves measure up to 3 ft (1 m) long and twenty inches (51 centimeters in width.

[3] Inflorescences feature purple flowers.

[4] Brenandendron frondosum is native to Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Cameroon.