Distribution Map

Maerua angolensis subsp. angolensis

As at April 2024, 17 herbarium specimens, 1 photo record, 26 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Maerua angolensis - Shrub or tree up to 10 m high, all vegetative parts hairless. Leaves simple, stalk slender, up to 2 cm long, blade narrowly or broadly oval, tapering shortly to stalk, tip blunt or notched with minute point, up to 5 cm long X 3 cm wide. Flowers often copious, mostly lateral. Sepals c 2 cm long, base funnel-shaped, lobes with horny edges. Stamens very numerous, filaments white, up to 4 cm long, conspicuous, anthers minute. Ovary elongated, on stalk c 4 cm long. Fruit up to 8 cm long, cylindrical, constricted between seeds.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.