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Scientific Name | Tylosema fassoglense (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Bauhinia cissoides Oliv., Bauhinia fassoglensis Schweinf., Bauhinia fassoglensis Schweinf. forma cissoides (Oliv.) Baker f., Bauhinia kirkii Oliv., Bauhinia welwitschii Oliv. |
Common Names | Creeping Bauhinia (e), Gemsbokboontjie (a), Inkwapau (nd), Marama Bean (e), Maramaboontjie (a), Rankboerboon (a), Sprawling Bauhinia (e), Tamani Berry (e), Umdabula (nd) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Widespread from Sudan and Ethiopia southwards to the northern provinces of South Africa through Swaziland to northern KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Forest margins, woodland and riverine bush. Sometimes in cultivated areas in sandy, rocky or clay soils. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tylosema fassoglensis (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Castro, S., Silveira, P., Coutinho, A.P. and Figueiredo, E. 2005. Systematic studies in Tylosema (Leguminosae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 147(1):99-115.
Coetzer, L.A. and Ross, J.H. 1977. Tylosema. In: B. De Winter, D.J.B. Killick, O.A. Leistner and J.H. Ross (eds). Flora of Southern Africa 16 Part 2:61-64. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Tylosema fassoglense (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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