Elsa Pooley (amuru Elsa Susanna Bond: amuru ya n'afọ 1947 na Johannesburg ), bu onye South Africa botanist, odida obodo, onye ndu njem na nka. O biri na ya wee nyochaa egwuregwu ahụ na-echekwa Ndumu na Mkuzi ihe dị ka afọ iri abụo, bụ ebe ọ nwetara mmụọ site na ahịhịa nke mpaghara ahụ. Ọ na-achịkọta ihe ọkụkụ, tee ha ihe, dee banyere ha, ma soro ha kọọ ubi. Egosipụtala ọrụ ya na South Africa niile nke butere kọmitii, ma mpaghara ma mba ofesi. Ihe osise ya apụtala n'usoro Flowering Plants of Africa ma erere obere mbipụta ya 'Palms of Africa' (1988) n'ụwa niile. Enyere ya ọrụ ịse eserese maka ụgbọ oloko Blue n'afọ 1999. Pooley ebiela na Clansthal na KwaZulu-Natal South Coast kemgbe afọ 1984, ma na-etinye oge ya eserese, na-ede na na-eme njem nlegharị anya nke KwaZulu-Natal na Lesotho. Ọ bụ onye nchoputa nke BAASA, Botanical Artists' Association of South Africa. Elsa Pooley lụrụ Tony Pooley (1938-2004), onye na-ahụ maka egwuregwu na ikike ama ama na agụ iyi.