Distribution Map

Afzelia quanzensis

                   
                   
   
Pod Mahogany
umkholikholi
Umkholikholi, Umshafunti
umkhwalikhwali
(Afzelia cuanzensis)

Fabaceae Faboideae Detarioideae Afzelieae

As at April 2024, 6 herbarium specimens, 12 photo records, 22 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Flora Protection Act: Schedule A
Medicinal
Cultural uses
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Afzelia cuanzensis - (Umkolikoli, Umshafunti, Rhodesian Mahogany) Good-sized tree, hairless except for floral parts. Leaf with slender stalk and c four pairs of oval, shortly-stalked leaflets c 7 cm long x 4 cm wide; no terminal leaflet. Flowers few, well spaced. Calyx tube narrow, c 2 cm long or less, lobes four, 2 cm long x 1 cm wide, finely downy. Single petal up to 4 cm long, narrow-stalked, much broadened, white or pale pink. Fruit a woody pod, partitioned, with up to c 10 seeds each with coloured cup-shaped fleshy aril.

* 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.