Common in hedges. Flora of Tropical Africa. Whatever may be the correct names to use for them, I agree that there are two species of the fragans group as regocnised by you, and with the characters which you use to distinguish them. I should add to these latter characters the fact that the ripe fruits of your fragans are ornage-red whilst those of your steudneri are black. W.J. Eggeling Jan. 1939. 2. The upright shrub, commonly used in many parts of the country to form hedges, branching freely near ground level, never forming a trunk; with leaves somewhat reflexed and white flowers striped with purple: this one i labelled as D.Ugandensis but will alter to D.fragans. A.S.Thomas Jan 1939. 4. Disregarding my No. 1423. I have never seen your fragans (ugandensis Bak.) growing wild; always grown as a hedge. Where does it hail from? W.J.Eggeling Jan 1939