Xylotheca kraussiana is an African shrub or small multi-stemmed tree in the family Achariaceae.

Leaves are dull grey-green, alternate and covered in soft grey hairs.

The fruit is an ovoid woody capsule about 40 mm (1.6 in) long and distinctly ridged.

Yellow when ripe, it partly splits into 5 sections revealing black seeds with a bright red aril.

This plant used to belong to the family Flacourtiaceae, but was relocated to Achariaceae by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.