A wide-ranging endemic taxon from the Northern Cape and Fee State provinces in South Africa (EOO 79 192 km<sup>2</sup>). There are at least 15 locations. Urban development, wood collection, and alluvial diamond mining are impacting the habitat. Current threats have not resulted in decline levels that qualify this taxon under any of the categories of threat. The taxon thus qualifies globally under the IUCN criteria as Least Concern. The distribution range has been extended during recent research and it is now found over a considerably larger area than previously thought (EOO of about 79 000 km<sup>2</sup> now). Current threats have not resulted in decline levels that qualify this taxon under any of the categories of threat. For the 2012 assessment it would have been Least Concern too and thus the change in status from Data Deficient to Least Concern is non-genuine.
Distribution
Endemic to the Northern Cape and Free State provinces in South Africa, from Kakamas and Kenhardt in the west to Bloemfontein in the east, and to the Hotazel area in the north.
Decline
Riverine bush in the arid areas has been adversely affected by the local human population.
The banks of the Vaal and other rivers inhabited by the taxon are threatened by alluvial diamond mining operations and in other places by the development of pleasure resorts or housing. Use of wood of the host plant by the local population as a fuelwood is a current threat to the habitat. Threats have not caused more than a 10% decline in the population of this taxon.
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