Hypericum revoltum may be a shrub or a tree which may reach 15 m tall. Young branches are winged and four sides shaped. The leaves are sessile and the lamina elliptic to spear shaped. The flowers are yellow and solitary, at the terminal part of the branches, with numerous bright yellow stamens.

Rwandan seekers found in hypericum revolutim substances wich treat  cough, and respiratory diseases.Powdered, leaves and stems are used to treat diarrhea and rheumatism. An oily extract of the plant is used totreat wounds and burns. Pounded leaves of Hypericum revolutum in maceration mixture of medicinal plants are used to stimulate birth in after-term pregnant women (Mitari Emmanuel).

firewood, poles, etc.