Cut wood of Helinus integrifolius, a plant of the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae) known in Zulu as ubhubhubhu. The pouch carries the Maya Herbs label and the mark Made in South Africa. Available in 25 g, 100 g and 500 g. See also: Smartshop, Smart Seeds & Herbs.
This product is the cut wood of Helinus integrifolius, sold under its Zulu name ubhubhubhu. It is packed in a Maya Herbs pouch whose label reads Ubhubhubhu, Helinus integrifolius, Cut and Made in South Africa, and names Maya World Trading BV in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The photos show short sections of stem with brown bark and pale wood inside. The supplier listing for reference 4544 gives wood as the plant part, finely cut as the form and South Africa as the country. Mycotrop offers three sizes: 25 g, 100 g and 500 g.
| Botanical name | Helinus integrifolius (Lam.) Kuntze |
|---|---|
| Family | Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) |
| Synonyms | Gouania integrifolia, Helinus ovatus, Helinus scandens |
| Common names | Ubhubhubhu (Zulu); soap creeper, soap bush (English); seepklimop (Afrikaans) |
| Plant part | Wood |
| Form | Cut |
| Origin | South Africa (label: Made in South Africa) |
| Pack sizes | 25 g, 100 g, 500 g |
| Label | Maya Herbs (Maya World Trading BV, Haarlem) |
| Reference | 4544-25, 4544-100, 4544-500 |
| Sold as | Collectible or souvenir item; do not consume |
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck first described this species in 1789 as Gouania integrifolia. Otto Kuntze moved it to the genus Helinus in 1891. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, accepts Helinus integrifolius as a species of the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family, and lists Helinus ovatus and Helinus scandens among its synonyms. Recorded common names include ubhubhubhu in Zulu, soap creeper and soap bush in English, and seepklimop in Afrikaans.
The recorded native range is wide. It covers South Africa (the Cape provinces, the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the northern provinces), Eswatini, Botswana and Namibia, then runs north through Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, the DR Congo, Tanzania and Kenya to Ethiopia and Somalia, with outliers on Socotra and in Yemen. For this product, the pouch and the supplier listing both name South Africa.
The shop also lists whole roots of Silene capensis from South Africa, a species of the carnation family that is unrelated to Helinus.
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Helinus integrifolius (Lam.) Kuntze, an accepted species of the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). Ubhubhubhu is one of its recorded Zulu names.
25 g, 100 g and 500 g. The cut wood is the same in every size.
Short, finely cut sections of stem, brown on the outside with pale wood on the cut faces, as the close-up photo shows.
The label says Made in South Africa, and the supplier listing also gives South Africa as the country. The species grows naturally across much of southern and eastern Africa.
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