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Taxon:
Elaeodendron croceum
(Thunb.) DC.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Elaeodendron
Family:
Celastraceae
Subfamily:
Celastroideae
Nomen number:
447827
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:11. 1825
Comment:
non
Elaeodendron croceum
auct. nonn. (=
E. zeyheri
Spreng. ex Turcz.)
Verified:
02/15/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ilex crocea
Thunb.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Crocoxylon croceum
(Thunb.) N. Robson
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cassine papillosa
(Hochst.) Kuntze
Elaeodendron capense
Eckl. & Zeyh.
Elaeodendron papillosum
Hochst.
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Reference(s)
Archer, R. H. & A. E. Van Wyk.
1998. A taxonomic revision of
Elaeodendron
Jacq. (Cassinoideae: Celastraceae) in Africa. S. African J. Bot. 64:94-97.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Note:
=
Crocoxylon croceum
(Thunb.) N. Robson
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Common names
English
common saffron –
Reference(s)
saffron –
Reference(s)
saffronwood –
Reference(s)
Afrikaans
geelhout –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Cape Province
e. & s.
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Transvaal
Limpopo
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
[Cape Province (e. & s.), KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal (Limpopo)]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Archer, R. H. & A. E. Van Wyk.
1998. A taxonomic revision of
Elaeodendron
Jacq. (Cassinoideae: Celastraceae) in Africa. S. African J. Bot. 64:94-97.
Materials
wood
Archer, R. H. & A. E. Van Wyk.
1998. A taxonomic revision of
Elaeodendron
Jacq. (Cassinoideae: Celastraceae) in Africa. S. African J. Bot. 64:94-97.
Medicines
folklore
fide SAfr J Bot 64:96.
Archer, R. H. & A. E. Van Wyk.
1998. A taxonomic revision of
Elaeodendron
Jacq. (Cassinoideae: Celastraceae) in Africa. S. African J. Bot. 64:94-97.
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Archer, R. H. & A. E. Van Wyk.
1998. A taxonomic revision of
Elaeodendron
Jacq. (Cassinoideae: Celastraceae) in Africa. S. African J. Bot. 64:94-97.
Name
References