Celastraceae
Bushveld kooboo-berry
Mystroxylon aethiopicum
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Mystroxylon
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Koeboebessie, Bosveldkoeboebessie
- English
- Bushveld kooboo-berry, Bushveld kubu-berry
- Malagasy
- Fanazava, Hazoringitra, Sarintsoha, Vahompy
Synonyms
- Cassine aethiopica Thunb.
- Cassine aethiopica var. pubescens (Oliv.) Cufod.
- Cassine confertiflora (Tul.) Loes.
- Cassine engleriana Loes.
- Cassine holstii Loes. ex Engl.
- Cassine macrocarpa (Sond.) Kuntze
- Cassine oligantha (Baker) Kuntze
- Cassine pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze
- Cassine schlechteri (Loes.) Davison
- Cassine sphaerophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze
- Cassine velutina (Harv.) Loes. ex Davison
- Elaeodendron aethiopicum (Thunb.) Oliv.
- Elaeodendron aethiopicum var. pubescens Oliv.
- Elaeodendron athranthum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.Presl
- Elaeodendron confertiflorum (Tul.) Szyszył.
- Elaeodendron oliganthum Baker
- Elaeodendron pubescens Herb.
- Elaeodendron pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Ettingsh.
- Elaeodendron sessiliflorum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Ettingsh.
- Elaeodendron sphaerophyllum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.Presl
- Elaeodendron sphaerophyllum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) PRESL
- Elaeodendron velutinum Harv.
- Mystroxylon aethiopicum f. occidentale H.Perrier
- Mystroxylon aethiopicum subsp. schlechteri (Loes.) R.H.Archer
- Mystroxylon aethiopicum var. pubescens (Oliv.) Brenan
- Mystroxylon athranthum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Mystroxylon confertiflorum Tul.
- Mystroxylon englerianum (Loes.) Loes.
- Mystroxylon goetzei Loes.
- Mystroxylon holstii (Loes. ex Engl.) Loes.
- Mystroxylon kubu Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Mystroxylon macrocarpum Sond.
- Mystroxylon nyasicum Dunkley
- Mystroxylon pubescens Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Mystroxylon schlecteri Loes.
- Mystroxylon sessiliflorum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Mystroxylon sphaerophyllum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Mystroxylon spilocarpum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Mystroxylon ussanguense Loes.
Photos
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Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.