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Scientific Name | Cunonia capensis L. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CUNONIACEAE |
Common Names | Botterlepelboom (a), Botterlepeltjie (a), Butterspoon Tree (e), Butter-spoon Tree (e), Elsehout (a), Igqwakra (x), Red Alder (e), Red Els (e), Roode Elseboom (a), Rooi-els (a), Umaphethu (z), Umhlalane (z), Umlulama (z), Umlulamomkhulu (z), Umqwashube (x) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Cunonia capensis is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs from the Cape Peninsula and the Groot Winterhoek Mountains to Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest |
Description | It occurs in moist coastal and scarp forests, often near streams. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cunonia capensis L. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Cunonia capensis L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/01 |
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