Protea comptonii - Saddleback Sugarbush is a tree, 4-8 m tall, with a rounded and open crown. Trunk up to 500 mm in diameter. Bark grey, corky, up to 200 mm thick. Leaves large, oblong, brilliant-green. Involucral bracts cream, hairless. Style 65-80 mm long.

Pr cptn is only confirmed in Swaziland from above the Green Chert Mine at Olive Thrush Forest in the Malalotja Nature Reserve.