Olea capensis subsp. welwitschii (Knobl.) Friis & P.S.Green (Oleaceae) is native to Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.