Rapanea melanophloeos (L.) Mez (Primulaceae) is native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
