Lannea schweinfurthii is a small to medium sized deciduous tree within the Anacardiaceae family.

[3] Leaves are imparipinnately compound, with about 1-5 pairs of leaflets; leaf-blade is broadly ovate to elliptic in outline.

[3] Chemical compounds isolated from the stem and root bark of the species include flavanoids: epicatechin gallate, catechin, and rutin; triterpenoids: b-sitosterol, sitosterol, sitosterol glucoside, lupeol, and lupenone, and alkyl cardonols: cyclohexenones and cyclohexenols.

[5] The root and stem bark is commonly used to treat a variety of ailments including blood disorders like Anemia, gastro-intestinal disorders such as diarrhea, dysentery, and stomach pains, sores and wounds and to treat infections such as abscesses, boils, skin rashes and gonorrhea.

[3] In Tanzania and Zimbabwe it is also used to treat animal related health issues such as coccidiosis and corridor disease.