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Scientific Name | Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Acokanthera spectabilis (Sond.) Hook.f. |
Common Names | Duinegifboom (a), Dune Poison-bush (e), Inhlungunyembe (z), Intlungunyembe (x), Inxinebe (x), Kaffergifboom (a), Ubuhlungu-benyoka (z), Umhlagashiso (z) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species. Although threatened in places, it is not yet in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Southern Mozambique and South African east coast, from Inhambane southwards to KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape near East London. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Dune forest and coastal scrub. |
Threats |
| This species has lost habitat to coastal development and urban expansion in the past, but there is no severe ongoing habitat loss as forests are protected - land cover changes between 1990 and 2014 show very little forest loss. Some of its habitat is infested with alien invasive plants, which are outcompeting native species. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. and Schmidt, E. 2018. Trees and shrubs Mozambique. Publishing Print Matters, Cape Town.
Kupicha, F.K. 1982. Studies on African Apocynaceae: The genus Acokanthera. Kew Bulletin 37(1):41-67.
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. Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17 |
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