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Scientific Name | Newtonia hildebrandtii (Vatke) Torre var. hildebrandtii |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Common Names | Lebombo Wattle (e), Lebombo-wattel (a), Udongolokamadilika (z), Umfomothi (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/06/28 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A. Grobler |
Justification | This species is locally very common, often dominant in its habitat, but it reproduces very slowly, and recruitment is very low. Harvesting for firewood in northern KwaZulu-Natal, along with overgrazing of saplings by game within protected areas is causing a continuing decline, but population reduction is not estimated to exceed 30%. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | In South Africa restricted to Maputaland, northern KwaZulu-Natal, but is widespread in southern Africa including Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia and Kenya. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest |
Description | Sand Forest. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Newtonia hildebrandtii (Vatke) Torre var. hildebrandtii | Declining | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Grobler, A. 2016. Newtonia hildebrandtii (Vatke) Torre var. hildebrandtii. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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