Schotia brachypetala is a handsome, medium to large tree with a wide-spreading, densely branched, rounded crown. It has a single trunk that sometimes branches low down.

Tree fuchsia, weeping boer-bean, huilboerboon, African walnut (Schotia brachypetala).

The flowers are rich deep red, and are produced in masses, in dense branched heads on the old wood during spring.