Distribution Map

Mystroxylon aethiopicum subsp. schlechteri

       
Bushveld Kubu-berry
Sehlulamanya
sehlulamanye
umboyi
umGhungulutana
umgungulutane
(Cassine schlechteri)

Celastraceae   

As at April 2024, 13 herbarium specimens, 8 photo records, 68 visual observations

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

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Pseudocassine transvaalensis - Evergreen shrub. Leaves simple, opposite or alternate, leathery, oval, almost stalkless, blunt, entire or very slightly wavy, up to 6 cm long X 2 cm wide. Inflorescences lateral, densely many-flowered. Flowers small, green; sepals, petals and stamens three; ovary partly sunk in disc, three-chambered, two ovules in each chamber. Fruits spherical, hard-shelled, up to 1,3 cm diam, turning pink or orange when ripe, 1—2-seeded.

* 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.