It is a shrub or small tree, bearing white flowers in terminal heads during late winter (July to August).
[1] Its vertical bole and dull green, oblong-lanceolate leaves may remind of a Eucalyptus species.
It is native to Brazil but was introduced to Sussundenga, Mozambique, in the early 1990s from where it quickly spread to Zimbabwe.
[1] In Africa it is a dominant invasive species, but it appears to compete best in disturbed areas along roadsides or along forest margins.
For that reason it was introduced to Mozambique, but it also takes over fallow lands, where their eradication is labour-intensive.