[1] Manilkara obovata is a wide spread and variable species that occurs in West and Central Africa.

Chrysoplyllum obovatum, now a synonym of the species showed similarities both in flower appearance and its leaf blade outline and leaf surface with those of Manilkara lacera, both are considered to be part of Manilkara obovata complex of species, though they tend to be smaller and commonly found around rocky rapids and mountains.

[3] Leaves, simple, alternate arrangement and tufted at the ends of branches, the stipules are small, grows up to 1.5 mm long; Leaf-blade is narrowly elliptical to obovate in outline, 5-16 cm long and 2-8 cm wide, it has a coriaceous surface that is greyish to green in color and densely pubescent and pale beneath.

[3] Flowers are pale yellow to white, clusters of 3-4 on leaf axils, sepals are 6 in two distinct whorls of 3.

[3] Test on stem bark, root and leaf extracts of the species identified phenyl-coumarin derivatives, xanthones, saponins, triterpenes and flavonoids.