title: Erythrophleum lasianthum
text: # Erythrophleum lasianthum
  
  Erythrophleum lasianthum, the Maputaland ordeal tree, is a tree with a localized range in the endangered lowland forests of southeastern Africa.
  
  ## Range
  
  It is found from False Bay to Maputaland in northern KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, adjacent southern Mozambique and in eastern Eswatini.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * foliage
  * green seed pods
  * splitting seed pods
  * open seed pod
  