Distribution Map

Cassipourea swaziensis

                   
                   
                   
Swazi Onionwood
(Cassipourea sp.)

Rhizophoraceae   

Eswatini Red List status (2002): DD

Global status (2024) LC - Least Concern, 11 herbarium specimens, 4 photo records, 14 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC

IUCN Red List: LC (2021)

Global Distribution: NE1, Endemic to Limpopo Mpumalanga Eswatini Escarpment centre of endemism
Flora Protection Act: Schedule A
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Cassipourea swaziensis - Small much-branched tree. Leaves borne at frequent intervals; stalk short, densely hairy, blade oval or lance-shaped, c 7 cm long X 3 cm wide, almost hairless, midrib prominent below; stipules narrow, hairy, falling off. Flowers in axillary clusters, scented; bracts short, rigid, forming globular envelope to base of flower-stalk; calyx lobes five, narrow-triangular, c 8 mm long, spreading widely, yellowish hairy outside; petals five, white, narrowly spoon­shaped, c 5 mm long, tip fringed with narrow teeth c 2 mm long; stamens c 15, inserted below many-pointed rigid disc; ovary sunk in disc, covered with stiff white persistent bristles; style c 4 mm long; stigmas 3—4-lobed.

* 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.