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Scientific Name | Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L.Webster |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | PHYLLANTHACEAE |
Common Names | Peacock-berry (e), Poubessie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Limpopo and Mpumalanga Lowveld to northern KwaZulu-Natal, and southwards along the KwaZulu-Natal coast to the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape. Widespread across tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Ironwood Dry Forest, Subtropical Dune Thicket, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Transkei Coastal Belt, Lowveld Riverine Forest, Swamp Forest, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Scarp Forest, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Sand Forest, Granite Lowveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Northern Lebombo Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Zululand Lowveld, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Northern Coastal Forest |
Description | Riverine forest, bushveld, rocky outcrops, coastal dune scrub and sandveld. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L.Webster var. fagifolia (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L.Webster var. nitida (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Radcliffe-Smith, A. 1996. Euphorbiaceae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 9 (Part 4):1-337. 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.
Schmidt, E., Lotter, M. and McCleland, W. 2002. Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D. 2015. Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L.Webster. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17 |
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