''Allocassine laurifolia'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

belonging to the family

Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...

. It is a climbing or scrambling shrub native to southeastern Africa, ranging from eastern Zimbabwe to Mozambique, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Cape Provinces. It is the sole species in genus ''Allocassine''.

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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q16207485, from2=Q9604417 Celastraceae Monotypic Celastrales genera Flora of the Cape Provinces Flora of KwaZulu-Natal Flora of Mozambique Flora of Swaziland Flora of Zimbabwe Plants described in 1863 Taxa named by William Henry Harvey