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*Shrub or small tree up to 15 m tall; young stems pubescent. *Leaves opposite, simple and entire, leathery; stipules triangular, 2–6 mm long, deciduous; petiole up to 2 cm long; blade elliptical to obovate, 9–29 cm × 3–13 cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate, pinnately veined with 8–15 pairs of lateral veins, almost glabrous. *Flowers solitary, pendent, terminal on short axillary branches, bisexual, regular, 5-merous, sweetly scented; pedicel up to 2.5 cm long, red pubescent, bearing 2–6 triangular bracteoles 2.5–3 mm long; calyx tubular, red-brown pubescent, tube up to 2.5 cm long, 10-grooved when dry, lobes linear, up to 8 cm × 4 mm; corolla trumpet-shaped, white, sometimes with purple spots, 7–30 cm long, lobes ovate, 1.5–7 cm × 1.5–8 cm, red-brown pubescent; stamens inserted in corolla tube, included or tips of anthers exserted; ovary inferior, 2-celled, style 7–19 cm long, abruptly widened at the wholly or partly exserted 2-lobed and 3–7.5 cm long stigma. *Fruit a globose berry 3–7 cm in diameter, smooth to strongly 10-ribbed, velvety brown pubescent when young but glabrescent, many-seeded, crowned by the persistent calyx. *Seeds lens-shaped, 7–11 mm × 3–4 mm.

Jansen, P.C.M., 2005. '''Rothmannia whitfieldii''' (Lindl.) Dandy. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Jansen, P.C.M. & Cardon, D. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.