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Scientific Name | Searsia tomentosa (L.) F.A.Barkley |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ANACARDIACEAE |
Synonyms | Rhus tomentosa L. |
Common Names | Bicoloured Currant (e), Korentebos (a), Korentetaaibos (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | It occurs from Soutpansberg to the Wolkberg, and southwards along the Mpumalanga Drakensberg Escarpment to the foothills of the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, the mountains of the Eastern Cape interior, and westwards along the Cape Fold Mountains to the Cederberg. It also occurs on the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Fynbos, Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow on rocky outcrops, forest margins and sandstone slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Searsia tomentosa (L.) F.A.Barkley | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
Moffett, R.O. 1993. Rhus. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 19 Part 3: Anacardiaceae, Fascicle 1:1-129. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora 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.
Schmidt, E., Lotter, M. and McCleland, W. 2002. Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Searsia tomentosa (L.) F.A.Barkley. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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