Plant Details

Accepted name:: Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC. [Celastraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common saffron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
geelhout	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
saffron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
saffronwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cassine crocea (Thunb.) C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 467 (1845).
Elaeodendron zeyheri Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 452 (1858).
Crocoxylon croceum (Thunb.) N.Robson Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 39: 41 (1965).
Crocoxylon excelsum Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 128 (1835).
Elaeodendron capense Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 127 (1835).
Elaeodendron verrucosum Kunth Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1845: 12 (1845).
Ilex crocea Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 32 (1794).
Ochna capensis Kunth Linnaea 19: 394 (1846), nom. illeg.
Rhamnus capensis Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 767 (1824), nom. illeg.
Rhamnus zeyheri Spreng. ex Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 230 (1860), not validly publ.
Salacia zeyheri Planch. ex Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 230 (1860).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cassine crocea (Thunb.) Kuntze	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cassine croceum Kuntze	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Elaeodendron croceum	Red List Med. Pl. of S Africa (Williams et al., 2013)
Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Elaeodendron croceum (Thunberg) DC.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Elaeodendron zeyheri (Sond.) Turcz.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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