| Family | Celastraceae |
| Subfamily | Celastroideae |
| Scientific name | Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunberg) Loesener |
| Synonyms | Cassine aethiopica Thunberg; Cassine comorensis Loesener; Cassine velutinum (Harvey) Loesener; Elaeodendron aethiopicum (Thunberg) Oliver; Elaeodendron athranthum (Ecklon & Zeyher) C. Presl; Elaeodendron gymnosporoides Baker; Elaeodendron nitidulum Baker; Elaeodendron oliganthum Baker; Elaeodendron pilosum Baker; Elaeodendron vaccinioides Baker; Mystroxylon athranthum Ecklon & Zeyher; Mystroxylon comorense (Loesener) Loesener; Mystroxylon englerianum (Loesener) Loesener; Mystroxylon sessiliflorum Ecklon & Zeyher; Mystroxylon spilocarpum Ecklon & Zeyher |
| Common name | (English common name) none |
| (Japanese common name) none | |
| Distribution | Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Zaire, Guinea, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Seychelles, Angola, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa |
| Reference | Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. |
| Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. | |
| Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. | |
| Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. subsp. aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. |
| April 2008 at Royal Botanic Garden, Kew |
April 2008 at Royal Botanic Garden, Kew |
April 2008 at Royal Botanic Garden, Kew |