| Scientific Name | Croton sylvaticus Hochst. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | EUPHORBIACEAE | Common Names | Amahlabakufeni (z), Boskoorsbessie (a), Bos-koorsbessie (a), Fever Tree (e), Forest Croton (e), Forest Fever-berry (e), Indumbahlozi (z), Koorsboom (a), Moêma (ns), Moêma-tswetsi (ns), Muima-vanda (v), Mula-thoho (v), Ugibeleweni (z), Umahlabekufeni (z), Umakhwakane (x), Umegwaqane (x), Umfeze (x), Umgqwagane (x), Umgqwaganisa (x), Umgwaqanisa (x), Umhlalajuba (z), Umhloshazana (z), Umhloshozane (z), Uminya (z), Umzilanyoni (z), Wilde Moerbei (a), Without (a) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2008/01/15 | Assessor(s) | V.L. Williams, D. Raimondo, N.R. Crouch, A.B. Cunningham, C.R. Scott-Shaw, M. Lötter & A.M. Ngwenya |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
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Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Croton sylvaticus Hochst. | 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.
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.
Von Ahlefeldt, D., Crouch, N.R., Nichols, G., Symmonds, R., McKean, S., Sibiya, H. and Cele, M.P. 2003. Medicinal plants traded on South Africa's eastern seabord. Porcupine Press, Durban.
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 Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.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., Raimondo, D., Crouch, N.R., Cunningham, A.B., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Lötter, M. & Ngwenya, A.M. 2008. Croton sylvaticus Hochst. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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