River Wild-quince

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cryptocarya woodii Engl.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
LAURACEAE
Synonyms
Cryptocarya acuminata Sim
Common Names
Bastard Camphor Tree (e), Baster-kanferboom (a), Cape Laurel (e), Cape Quince (e), Inqayana (x), Inqayi-elimnyama (z), Isililandangulube (z), Isithungwa (x), Ixoboti (x), Kaapse Kweper (a), River Wild-quince (e), Umngcabe (z), Umthongwane (z), Umxaleba (x)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2008/03/03
Assessor(s)
V.L. Williams, D. Raimondo, C.R. Scott-Shaw & M. Lötter
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Cryptocarya woodii Engl.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.


Grace, O.M., Prendergast, H.D.V., Jager, A.K. and Van Staden, J. 2003. Bark medicines used in traditional healthcare in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: an inventory. South African Journal of Botany 69(3):301-363.


Palmer, E. and Pitman, N. 1972. Trees of southern Africa covering all known indigenous species in the Republic of South Africa, South-West Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 2. A.A.Balkema, Cape Town.


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.


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 Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.


Citation
Williams, V.L., Raimondo, D., Scott-Shaw, C.R. & Lötter, M. 2008. Cryptocarya woodii Engl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19

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