Genus Maytenus

Boaria A.

Species in the genus Maytenus of plants

 
 

Maytenus abbottii - 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.

 
 

Maytenus oleosa - Efforts to conserve the tree are in place; it is a protected species in the Umtamvuna Nature Reserve and Mkambati Game Reserve, and several forest areas have been demarcated in the Transkei.