| Scientific Name | Schotia brachypetala Sond. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | FABACEAE | Synonyms | Schotia brachypetala Sond. var. pubescens Burtt Davy, Schotia latifolia in sense of Henkel, not of Jacq. (misapplied name), Schotia rogersii Burtt Davy, Schotia semireducta Merxm. | Common Names | African Greenheart (e), African Walnut (e), Boerboon (a), Fuschia Tree (e), Hottentot's Bean Tree (e), Huilboerboom (a), Huilboerboon (a), Ihluze (z), Ishimnumyane (x), Molope (ns), Molope (tw), Mulibi (v), Mununzwa (v), Mununzwu (v), Nwavilombe (ts), South African Greenheart (e), Tree Fuchsia (e), Tree Fuschia (e), Umfofofo (x), Umgxam (x), Umgxamu (z), Uvovo (z), Uvovovo (z), Weeping Boer-bean (e), Weeping Boerboon (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2008/01/15 | Assessor(s) | V.L. Williams, D. Raimondo, N.R. Crouch, A.B. Cunningham, C.R. Scott-Shaw, M. Lötter & A.M. Ngwenya |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
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Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Schotia brachypetala Sond. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Cunningham, A.B. 1988. An investigation of the herbal medicine trade in Natal/KwaZulu. Investigational Report No. 29. Institute of Natural Resources, Pietermaritzburg.
Mander, M. 1998. Marketing of indigenous medicinal plants in South Africa: a case study in KwaZulu-Natal. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Twine, W. 2004. Medicinal bark harvesting and yields in woodlands: a case study from southern Maputaland. In: M.J. Lawes, H.A.C. Eeley, C.M. Shackleton and B.G.S. Geach (eds.), Indigenous Forests and Woodlands in South Africa: Policy, People and Practice (pp. 533-537), University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.
Williams, V.L. 2007. The design of a risk assessment model to determine the impact of the herbal medicine trade on the Witwatersrand on resources of indigenous plant species. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
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Citation | | Williams, V.L., Raimondo, D., Crouch, N.R., Cunningham, A.B., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Lötter, M. & Ngwenya, A.M. 2008. Schotia brachypetala Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/20 |
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