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''Ekebergia'' comprises 3 species and is confined to the African mainland. ''Ekebergia benguelensis'' Welw. ex C.DC. is a small tree up to 10(–13) m tall, occurring from Tanzania to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It differs from ''Ekebergia capensis'' in its thicker twigs with inconspicuous lenticels and in its leaflets with rounded to notched apex. The wood is occasionally used, e.g. for implements and bowls. The roots are used in traditional medicine to treat painful menstruation, abdominal pain, loss of appetite and as an aphrodisiac. The powdered bark is taken against impotence, and boiled leaves are applied to the chest to treat pneumonia. The fruits are edible.

=== ''Ekebergia benguelensis'' ===''[[Ekebergia benguelensis]]'' Welw. ex C.DC. is a small tree up to 10(–13) m tall, occurring from Tanzania to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It differs from ''Ekebergia capensis'' in its thicker twigs with inconspicuous lenticels and in its leaflets with rounded to notched apex. The wood is occasionally used, e.g. for implements and bowls. The roots are used in traditional medicine to treat painful menstruation, abdominal pain, loss of appetite and as an aphrodisiac. The powdered bark is taken against impotence, and boiled leaves are applied to the chest to treat pneumonia. The fruits are edible. === ''Ekebergia pterophylla'' ===''[[Ekebergia pterophylla]]'' (C.DC.) Hofmeyr is a small tree up to 6(–10) m tall, endemic to eastern South Africa. It is characterized by its winged leaf rachis.

*Growth rings: (1: growth ring boundaries distinct); (2: growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent). *Vessels: 5: wood diffuse-porous; 13: simple perforation plates; 22: intervessel pits alternate; (23: shape of alternate pits polygonal); 25: intervessel pits small (4–7 μm); (26: intervessel pits medium (7–10 μm)); 30: vessel-ray pits with distinct borders; similar to intervessel pits in size and shape throughout the ray cell; 42: mean tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100–200 μm; 46: <font size="1">≤</font> 5 vessels per square millimetre; 47: 5–20 vessels per square millimetre; 58: gums and other deposits in heartwood vessels. *Tracheids and fibres: 61: fibres with simple to minutely bordered pits; 66: non-septate fibres present; 69: fibres thin- to thick-walled. *Axial parenchyma: 78: axial parenchyma scanty paratracheal; 79: axial parenchyma vasicentric; 89: axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands; 92: four (3–4) cells per parenchyma strand; 93: eight (5–8) cells per parenchyma strand. *Rays: 97: ray width 1–3 cells; 104: all ray cells procumbent; 115: 4–12 rays per mm. *Storied structure: (118: all rays storied); (122: rays and/or axial elements irregularly storied). *Mineral inclusions: (136: prismatic crystals present); (142: prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells).

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