Native to Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into California, Kenya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Tanzania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga
-25.795278, 31.085278
Location Remarks
Southeast of Barberton on highway R40 toward Swaziland. Saddleback Pass in Moodie Mountains.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Peltophorum
Specific Epithet
africanum
Authorship
Sond.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#267,919 of 335,497
Top 80%
Extinction probability
5%