 To determine the relationship between "E. natalensis" and "E. woodii", the RAPD technique was used to generate genetic fingerprints and data analysed using distance methods.Based on RAPD fingerprints, the intraspecific genetic variation among different "E. natalensis" plants is similar to the interspecific variation between "E. natalensis" and "E. woodii", which confirms the close relationship between "E. natalensis" and "E. woodii".The only known wild plants of "E. woodii" were a cluster of four stems of one plant discovered by Wood in 1895 in a small area of Ngoya Forest, now known by its proper Zulu name of "oNgoye", which is in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.