Elaeodendron transvaalense

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

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|genus = Elaeodendron

|species = transvaalense

|authority = (Burtt Davy) R.H.Archer

|synonyms ={{species list |Cassine transvaalensis|(Burtt Davy) Codd

|Crocoxylon transvaalense|(Burtt Davy) N.Robson

|Pseudocassine transvaalensis|(Burtt Davy) Bredell

|Salacia transvaalensis|Burtt Davy

|Elaeodendron croceum var. heterophyllum|Loes.

|Elaeodendron croceum var. triandrum|Dinter}}

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Elaeodendron transvaalense (Burtt Davy) R.H.Archer (bushveld saffron, {{langx|af|Bosveld-saffraan}}, Lepelhout, or Oupitjie, {{langx|ts|Monomane}}, {{langx|ve|Mulumanamana}}, {{langx|zu|Ingwavuma}}) is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1002454-1 |title= Elaeodendron transvaalense (Burtt Davy) R.H.Archer |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=January 1, 2025}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/38YCH |title= Elaeodendron transvaalense (Burtt Davy) R.H.Archer |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=January 1, 2025}} 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.{{cite web

|url = http://www2.dwaf.gov.za/dwaf/cmsdocs/4116___poster%20protected%20trees.pdf

|title = Protected Trees

|access-date = 13 June 2013

|publisher = Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100705085122/http://www2.dwaf.gov.za/dwaf/cmsdocs/4116___poster%20protected%20trees.pdf

|archive-date = 5 July 2010

}}{{cite web

|url=http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1870-36

|title=Red List of South African Plants

|publisher=South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

|access-date=13 June 2013}}