Maytenus abbottii

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image =

|status = VU

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hilton-Taylor, C. |display-authors=etal |date=1998 |title=Maytenus abbottii |volume=1998 |page=e.T34958A9901041 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34958A9901041.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

|genus = Maytenus

|species = abbottii

|authority = A.E.van Wyk

}}

Maytenus abbottii is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss.

This is a small gregarious tree favouring moist places such as stream banks in coastal lowland forest. There is a small population on the KwaZulu-Natal/Eastern Cape border.