Whipstick Loquat

Oxyanthus speciosus belongs to the genus Oxyanthus and is part of the Rubiaceae family, commonly referred to as the coffee family. It is native to various parts of Africa, with records from Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, and KwaZulu-Natal. This species was first published in 1807 by DC. It is known by the common name Whipstick Loquat in English.