Kamyuye

Hoslundia opposita is an aromatic perennial shrub or woody herb of the Lamiaceae, reaching one to three metres tall, with quadrangular, often finely hairy stems. The leaves, despite the epithet, are usually opposite or in whorls of three, ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, with toothed margins, gland-dotted surfaces, and a pleasant scent when crushed. The small tubular flowers are white to greenish-yellow and borne in branched terminal and axillary panicles. Unusually for the mint family, the calyx becomes fleshy and accrescent in fruit, enlarging into a small, rounded, orange to red juicy berry-like structure enclosing the nutlets, which gives the plant its common name orange bird-berry. It is widely distributed across tropical sub-Saharan Africa, from West Africa through Central and East Africa to southern Africa, growing in savanna, woodland margins, grassland, and disturbed bushland.