Malacantha

Malacantha alnifolia is species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae.

[2] Malacantha alnifolia is a shrub to a medium-sized tree which can grow up to 25 meters tall.

It has a fluted trunk and slightly buttressed base.

It also colonizes woodland areas in West Africa.

It is not found in the closed-canopy rain forests of West Africa and the Congo Basin.