Xylotheca tettensis in habitat in Mozambique

In habitat Xylotheca tettensis may form colonies in hot open woodland and seasonally dry tropical savanna, showing themselves at bloom-time. The bushes grow in shrubland and the margins of mopane woodland. Not made for wet forests, they do grow along seasonal drainage lines where moderate moisture is more suitable than the real dry parts of the region (Coates Palgrave, 2002; Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; iNaturalist; https://www.worldfloraonline.org).