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Elaeodendron transvaalense

Common names: bushveld saffron (Eng.); bosveldsaffraan, lepelhout (Afr.); iNgwavuma, uMgugudo (Zulu); shimapana (Tsonga); monamane (Northern Sotho)

Family: Celastraceae

... and woodland, along streams and often on termite mounds. Elaeodendron Elaeodendron transvaalense does not grow easily from ... spray. Keep the container in shade and moist at all times. Elaeodendron traanvalense is a member of the Celastraceae ...

28 / 05 / 2007 | Mhlonishwa D Dlamini | Walter Sisulu NBG

Common names: saffron; saffron wood, forest saffron (Eng.); saffraan, bossafraan (Afr.)

Family: Celastraceae

... a hard, pointed stone or putamen, like that of an olive. Elaeodendron croceum presently occurs from near Ladismith in ... the handsomest trees on the island'. In its ideal habitat Elaeodendron croceum occurs on the margins of coastal and ... . The yellow bark is then remarkably conspicuous. Elaeodendron This species grows easily from seed and from ...

07 / 06 / 2004 | Robert Archer | National Herbarium Pretoria