| Scientific Name | Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | MELIACEAE | Synonyms | Ekebergia complanata Baker f., Ekebergia holtzii Harms, Ekebergia meyeri C.Presl ex C.DC., Ekebergia mildbraedii Harms, Ekebergia petitiana A.Rich., Ekebergia petitiana A.Rich. var. australis Baker f., Ekebergia rueppelliana (Fresen.) A.Rich., Ekebergia senegalensis A.Juss., Ekebergia senegalensis A.Juss. var. coriacea C.DC., Trichilia ekebergia E.Mey. ex Sond. | Common Names | Cape Ash (e), Dog Plum (e), Es (a), Esboom (a), Esseboom (a), Essehout (a), Essenhout (a), Isimanaye (z), Kaapse Essenhout (a), Kaapse-essenhout (a), Mmaba (ns), Mmidibidi (ns), Motshai (tw), Mountain Ash (e), Mudouma (v), Mutovuma (v), Plum (e), Rooi-essehout (a), Rooi-essenhout (a), Transvaalessehout (a), Transvaalessenhout (a), Transvaal-essenhout (a), Umathunzini (z), Umathunzini-wezintaba (z), Umathunzini-we-zintaba (z), Umgwenya Wezinja (z), Umgwenya-wezinja (x), Umgwenye Wezinya (x), Umgwenye-wezinja (x), Umgwenyezinja (x), Umgwenyuizinja (x), Umnyama (z), Umnyamathi (z), Umnyamati (x), Umquehle (z), Umthoma (z), Uvungu (z), Vaalessehout (a), Vaalessenhout (a), Vaal-essenhout (a) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2008/01/14 | 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 | | Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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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.
White, F. and Styles, B.T. 1963. Meliaceae. In: A.W. Exell, A. Fernandes and H. Wild (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 2 (Part 1):285-319. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations, London.
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 Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.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. Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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