[3] The haronga is a small, bushy tree that usually ranges from 4 m to 7 m in height, but sometimes it can grow up to 25 meters.

The tree can be immediately identified by its almost fluorescent orange latex from strips that were peeled off from the stem.

The orange latex discharges when leaves are snapped off or branches are broken.

In Southern Africa, flowering can be observed from January to April and fruiting season lasts until October.

In Sierra Leone, the plant flowering begins in May and reaches its maximum in August and September, then tapers off around December.

Its cotyledons are broadly spathulate, margins marked with dark 'oil' glands, petioles relatively long and slender.

This plant has been used as a treatment for several diseases such as jaundice typhoid fever, anemia, along with some skin and heart problems.

They correlate with different pharmacological tests involved with different plant extracts and can be identified as antioxidants and antitrichomonal.