Synsepalum brevipes

{{short description|Species of plant}}

{{speciesbox

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Palmer-Newton, A. |date=2019 |title=Synsepalum brevipes |volume=2019 |page=e.T120223710A120223722 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T120223710A120223722.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

|image = Synsepalum brevipes, blaar, Inhamitangabos.jpg

|image_caption = Leaf detail - upper and underside

|genus = Synsepalum

|species = brevipes

|authority = (Baker) T.D.Penn.{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962748-1|title= Synsepalum brevipes (Baker) T.D.Penn.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=July 25, 2020}}{{cite web|url= http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000318137|title= Synsepalum brevipes (Baker) T.D.Penn.|author=|date=n.d.|website=World Flora Online|publisher=The World Flora Online Consortium|access-date=July 25, 2020}}

|synonyms =

• Pachystela brevipes (Baker) Engl.
• Pachystela cinerea (Engl.) Engl.
• Sideroxylon brevipes Baker

}}

Synsepalum brevipes is a shrub or medium-sized to large tree in the family Sapotaceae,{{cite book |last1=Coates Palgrave |first1=Keith |last2=Coates Palgrave |first2=Meg |title=Trees of Southern Africa |date=1983 |publisher=C. Struik |location=Cape Town |isbn=0-86977-081-0 |edition=2nd rev.}} that is native to the African tropics and subtropics.