[3] Leaflets, sessile and small, 0.3 x 1 cm long and 0.8 x 1.25 mm wide, glossy green above and paler beneath.

[6] Naturally occurs in the humid Guineo-Congolian forest of West and Central Africa from Senegal to Sudan and moving southwards towards northern Angola.

[7] Methanol and aqueous extracts from the stem bark tested for the presence of flavonoids, phenols, tannins and saponins.

[8] Profiles of its compounds include a variety of dihydroxy-trimethoxy(iso)flavone isomers, apigenin, chrysoeriol, eriodictyol, luteolin, and liquiritigenin.

[8] The chemical compounds of Piptadeniastrum africanum has generated interest among researchers largely because of a wide variety of afflictions plant extracts are used to treat in traditional medicine.