| Scientific Name | Peltophorum africanum Sond. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | FABACEAE | Synonyms | Brasilettia africana (Sond.) Kuntze | Common Names | African Black Wattle (e), African Blackwood (e), African Wattle (e), African-wattle (e), Black Wattle (e), Boerboon (a), Boerboontjie (a), Dopperkehatenhout (a), Dopperkiaat (a), Huilboerboom (a), Huilboom (a), Huilbos (a), Huilwattel (a), Isikhabamkhombe (z), Kajatehout (a), Kajatenhout (a), Kiaathout (a), Mosehla (ns), Mosêhla (ns), Mosese (ns), Mosêtlha (tw), Motlepe (ns), Motlêpê (ns), Musese (v), Natal Wattle (e), Ndzedze (ts), Rhodesian Black Wattle (e), Rhodesian Wattle (e), Rooikiaat (a), Rooikiaathout (a), Transvaalsewattel (a), Umsehle (z), Umthobo (z), Weeping Wattle (e), Wildewattel (a), Wilde-wattel (a), Witkiaat (a), Witkiaathout (a) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2011/06/06 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Widespread, very common and not threatened. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | Widespread in tropical and southern Africa, in South Africa widespread in the northern provinces and northern KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna | Description | Bushveld and woodlands, on rocky outcrops in sandy soils on riverbanks. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Peltophorum africanum Sond. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. and Polhill, R.M. 2007. Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. In: J.R. Timberlake, G.V. Pope, R.M. Polhill and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 2):1-218. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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.
Ross, J.H. 1977. Fabaceae subfamily 2. Ceasalpinioideae. In: B. De Winter, D.J.B. Killick, O.A. Leistner and J.H. Ross (eds). Flora of Southern Africa 16 Part 2:1-142. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2011. Peltophorum africanum Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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