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Scientific Name | Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Acacia elephantina Burch., Acacia elephantorrhiza DC., Elephantorrhiza burchellii Benth., Elephantorrhiza dinteri E.Phillips, Prosopis elephantina (Burch.) E.Mey., Prosopis elephantorrhiza (DC.) Spreng. |
Common Names | Baswortel (a), Dwarf Elephant-root (e), Eland's Wattle (e), Elandsboontjie (a), Elandswortel (a), Elephant's Root (e), Intolwane (z), Intolwane (x), Leerbossie (a), Looiersboontjie (a), Looiersbossie (a), Looierswortel (a), Mositsane (ss), Mositsane (tw), Olifantswortel (a), Ugweje (z), Umdabu (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/06 |
Assessor(s) | V.L. Williams |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels | 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.
Dold, A.P. and Cocks, M.L. 2002. The trade in medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 98:589-597.
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 Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
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Citation |
| Williams, V.L. 2008. Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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