Ficalhoa is a genus with only one species, Ficalhoa laurifolia, an evergreen flowering tree of 2- height with glabrous branches. Its bark is roughly fissured and produces white latex. Its leathery leaves on 3- long petioles are lanceolate, rounded at the base, 5- long and 1- wide. Its white, yellowish or greenish flowers have oblong small petals and rounded sepals.[1]
In the Udzungwa Mountains it grows at elevations of NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) in association with Aphloia theiformis, Englerophytum magalismontanum, Cryptocarya liebertiana, Hirtella megacarpa, Isoberlinia scheffleri, Myrsine melanophloeos, Xylopia aethiopica and Xymalos monospora.[2] It is among the most common tree species in the Rwenzori Mountains at elevations of NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet).[3] In Virunga National Park it grows in Afromontane forest between 1800and elevation.[4]