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Maytenus undata

Common names: koko tree (Eng.); kokoboom (Afr.); umkokane, umnqayimpofu, umgora, inqayi-elibomvu (isiXhosa); idohame, inqayi-elibomvu, igqwabali, ikhukhuze (isiZulu

Family: Celastraceae

16 / 06 / 2025 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Pterocelastrus rostratus

Common names: red cherrywood, beaked pterocelastrus, red candlewood (Eng.); rooikershout, kersiehout (Afr.); ugobandlovu, usahlulamanye (Zulu); itywina (Xhosa)

Family: Celastraceae

11 / 09 / 2023 | Loretta Floors | Harold Porter NBG

Lydenburgia cassinoides

Common names: Sekhukhuni bushman's tea (Eng.); sekhukhuni-boesmanstee (Afr.); mohlolodi (Northern Sotho)

Family: Celastraceae

... the tree can be propagated like other members of the Celastraceae family, which grow easily from seed. Sow ripe ... transplanting seedlings into trays or bags. Members of the Celastraceae family are slow growing. The genus Lydenburgia ...

06 / 02 / 2023 | Ntsakisi Masia | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Gymnosporia senegalensis

Common names: red spikethorn, confetti spikethorn (Eng.); bloupendoring, rooipendoring (Afr.); sephatho, mophatho (Sepedi); sihlangu lesimhlophe (siSwati); ubuhlang

Family: Celastraceae

25 / 01 / 2021 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria

Putterlickia pyracantha

Common names: false spike-thorn, fire-thorn putterlickia (Eng.); valspendoring, branddoring (Afr.); intlangwana, umhlangwe, umqaqoba (Xho.)

Family: Celastraceae

12 / 10 / 2020 | Sephatle Evans Molekoa | Lowveld NBG

Maytenus procumbens

Common names: dune koko tree (Eng.); duinekokoboom (Afr.); umphono-phono (isiXhosa) umphophonono; (isiZulu)

Family: Celastraceae

10 / 09 / 2018 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Lydenburgia abbottii

Common names: Pondo Bushman’s Tea (Eng.); pondoboesmanstee (Afr.)

Family: Celastraceae

... cultivation it should be treated like other members of the Celastraceae, such as Cassine . It can be propagated from ... near Port Edward. Lydenburgia abbottii belongs to the Celastraceae, commonly known as the spike thorn family, which ...

25 / 06 / 2018 | Lungisani Zondi | Walter Sisulu NBG

Gymnosporia buxifolia

Common names: spikethorn, common spikethorn, stinking spike-thorn (Eng.); gewone pendoring, pendoring, stinkdoring, lemoendoring (Afr.); ingqwangane, ubangalala, us

Family: Celastraceae

30 / 11 / 2015 | Sameer Khan | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Maurocenia frangula

Common names: bittersweet-cherry, Hottentot's cherry, vulture berry, nastergalkersie, hottentotskersie, aasvoelbessie (Afr.)

Family: Celastraceae

... with brittle wood. Maurocenia is a monotypic genus in the Celastraceae family. It was incorrectly published as ...

17 / 11 / 2014 | Melissa Van der Burg | Kirstenbosch NBG

Elaeodendron transvaalense

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

Family: Celastraceae

... all times. Elaeodendron traanvalense is a member of the Celastraceae family which is large, rather diverse and is ...

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

Maytenus oleoides

Common names: mountain maytenus ( Eng. ); klipkershout (Afr.)

Family: Celastraceae

... the region. Maytenus belongs in the spike-thorn family, Celastraceae, a large, cosmopolitan and diverse family of ... temperate regions of the world. In southern Africa the Celastraceae is represented by 19 genera and ± 80 species. ...

20 / 11 / 2006 | Mandy Barnes | Kirstenbosch NBG

Mystroxylon aethiopicum

Common names: kooboo-berry, spoonwood (Eng.); koeboebessie, lepelboom, lepelhout (Afr.); umbomvane, umgxube, umnqayi (Xhosa); monamane (Northern Sotho); mukwatikwat

Family: Celastraceae

... in Africa. Mystroxylon aethiopicum belongs to the Celastraceae family, commonly known as the spike-thorn ...

10 / 10 / 2005 | Mhlonishwa D Dlamini | Walter Sisulu NBG

Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus

Common names: candlewood, cherrywood (English), kershout, kersiehout, rooikersiehout, witpeer, witpeerhout (Afrikaans), iBholo, iTywina, uTwina (isiXhosa).

Family: Celastraceae

... Sow seeds in autumn. There are 60 -70 genera in the whole Celastraceae family, with about a thousand species in total. ...

29 / 08 / 2005 | Jane Forrester | Harold Porter NBG

Cassine peragua

Common names: Cape saffron, bastard saffron, false saffron, bastard saffronwood (Eng.); bastersaffraan, lepelhout (Afr.); iKhukhuzi (Xhosa); umKhukhuze, umBofanyamo

Family: Celastraceae

... effective in stimulating the cuttings to produce roots. Celastraceae consists of 60-70 genera and ± 1 000 species ...

20 / 06 / 2005 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Gymnosporia harveyana

Common names: black forest spikethorn (Eng.); swartbospendoring (Afr.)

Family: Celastraceae

... and 108 in the world; the genus belongs to the family Celastraceae. Gymnosporia is an Old World genus of trees, ...

14 / 06 / 2004 | M Jordan | National Herbarium Pretoria

Elaeodendron croceum

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

Family: Celastraceae

... yellow pigments that the species shares with other Celastraceae such as Cassine peragua and Pterocelastrus ... fallen tree, the young seedlings can take its place. The Celastraceae is a large and rather diverse family distributed ... yellow pigment in the bark of many species of the family Celastraceae, including Elaeodendron croceum . Ecklon & ...

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