Elaeodendron transvaalense (Burtt Davy) R.H.Archer (bushveld saffron, Afrikaans: Bosveld-saffraan, Lepelhout, or Oupitjie, Tsonga: Monomane, Venda: Mulumanamana, Zulu: Ingwavuma) is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a protected tree in South Africa. It also occurs in other Southern African countries like Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mozambique.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Anthill saffron being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Acanthosyris spinescens
- Schinus longifolia
- Strychnos madagascariensis — toxic
- Gymnosporia maranguensis
- Psydrax oleifolius
- Strychnos pungens — toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Celastrales
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Elaeodendron
- Species
- Elaeodendron transvaalense
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