Records made by Jonathan Timberlake

Young plants; not pilose, not winged, margin not serrate

Mostly young trees; upper altitude reach for this species.y

Arvore, caule rugosa, folhas recompostas,

Shrub to 2 m. Inflorescence terminal. Understorey of Guibourtia dry forest.-x000D- Biodiversity Survey of Coastal dry Forests in Northern Mozambique

Small unbranched annual herbs 8-18 cm tall; flowers in terminal heads, c 1-1.5 cm in diameter; mauve-pink. Generally very common in the area

Scrambling herb; branches up to 1 m long, reddish, with long, whitish, spreading hairs; flowers violet. Several specimens at collection site; generally frequent in the area

iNaturalist record

Perennial herbs up to 70 cm high with a fan of sword-shaped leaves overlapping at the base; inflorescence shortly branched; flowers deep blue. Several specimens seen

Shallow-roted herb to 1.3m. Leaves sheathing like Iris; base of leaves swollen, curved forwards. Flowers scattered up flowering shoots, open, non-tubular, bright blue. Ovary swollen. Very local.

Very common

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Tufted fern to 20 cm on forest floor.

One specimen seen

Sub-canopy tree to 6 m. Leaves clustered terminally, with winged rachis. Fruit large, green, axillary, splitting open later.

BR specimen-sheet1 and BR specimen-sheet2

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Sub-canopy tree to 18 m, trunk tall, branching high. Slight curtaining on lower trunk. Bark greyish, pale with horizontal lenticels. Slash red-brown, thin. Saplings to 4 m. Leaves pinnate, leaflets sub-opposite, glossy green, leathery.

Small understory tree to 3 m. Bark smooth, dark. Leaves dark green, glossy.

Lithophytic fern on quartzite boulders in stream. Creeping robust rhizome. Fronds deeper blue-green; none fertile.

Stem green with strikes of pink. Leaves clasping stem tightly and overlapping, tips and margins of leaves pinkish. Flowers pink with corolla yellow inside lip. Lower lip curling backwards upon itself. Each flower subtended by a bract. Very few plants seen

Patch of low-branching trees to 4m high. Trunks heavily crusted with lichens. Buds large, ovoid; sometimes much smaller. Six pairs of leaflets. Rachis softly but sparsely hairy. Leaves glossy green, leathery. Some pink-flushed young growth. Pods woody, massive.

Shrub to 1.5 m. Leaves glossy green, 2-3 pinnae pairs; stipular bud somewhat flattened.

Spreading canopy tree to 10 m, branching low. Bark dark, flaking. Leaves glossy green, terminal pair largest; buds rounded.

Tree to 10 m, spreading canopy, branching low. Bark rough, fissured grey. Leaves with 4 pinnae pairs. Young pods green, massive, woody, strongly ridged on one side

Tree to 10 m, spreading canopy, branching low. Bark rough, fissured grey. Leaves with 4 pinnae pairs. Young pods green, massive, woody, strongly ridged on one side. Dominant tree in Brachystegia woodland.

Tree to 8 m, with spreading canopy. Bark fissured, grey-brown. Leaves flushing yellow-green/brown. Flowers open, greenish.

Notes: Tree to 8 m, with spreading canopy. Bark fissured, grey-brown. Leaves flushing yellow-green/brown. Flowers open, greenish. Locally common in open miombo woodland on hillside.

iNaturalist record

Erect annual herb c. 60 cm tall. Corolla lobes blue-purple, tube and outside of lobes paler.

Leaves hairy with a single inflorescence. Common in the area.

Erect annual herb to 30 cm. White flr. Locally common.

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Annual herb with many branches from a decumbent base. Tepals white, flower pink within.

Buttressed tree to 25 m, partly fallen. Shallow root plate. Bark lenticelled, foetid smell when cut. Leaves asymmetric at base. Fruits small, round, stalked.

Herb with Yellow flowers. A few plants seen in the vicinity.

Lamina set with long white hairs

Only young saplings seen

Common at the collection site

Creeping herb to 70 cm. Stem green but red at base. Very hairy lvs. Inflr 15 cm long, terminal. Growing with Zehneria.

iNaturalist record

Only one plant seen flowering. Plant rooting at nodes. Flowers blue flowers. Dark green leaves.

Fleshy herb to 1.5 m by streamside. Stems and leaves spirally arranged. Terminal clustered inflorescence. Flowers opening singly, white with pink-maroon mouth; prominent yellow lines to hidden stamens.

Yellow flower from fleshy root; shoot also fleshy. Root more vertical than horizontal.

Arbusto de 6m alt, caule castanho liso de seiva doce, folhas simples opostas com estipula

Shrub to 2 m. Fleshy leaves. Small green fruits clustered in axils.

Flower heads compact. Yellow fls.

Flower heads compact. Yellow fls.

Single individual locally seen. Shrub to 50 cm, green leaves, fruits blackish, flowers maroon, stems dark brown.

Leaves whorled, fls yellow with some brown streaks.

Canopy tree to 15 m. Bark smooth. Slash slightly aromatic, yellow-green. Leaves with stellate hairs underneath.

Common but not in clumps. Grass to 1.5 m tall, green leaves, with leaf tip dry, inflorescence hairy on the base, dark green inflorescence.

Pink flowers with distinctive blue anthers. Stem purplish, with white hairs on stems. Some less hairy forms also seen. Locally common.

Petals pink and anthers blue with succulent stem. All flowers terminal. Up to 20 cm tall. A few plants seen.

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Slender terrestrial herbs, up to 25 cm cm high; flowers white with purple markings in the lip. Locally common

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 248, 2011.

Large tree to 25 m, spreading, dbh 134.3 cm. Foliage evergreen; leaves lanceolate. Fruits solitary, green, with persistent calyx.

Soft-wooded shrub up to 2.5 m high; flowers in terminal racemose clusters, violet; peducles, pedicels and calyces purple-red with long whitish bristly hairs. Extensive colony at collecting site; locally common in the area

Shrub to 1 m. Flowers large, bright mauve.

Grass to 40cm,tufted, hard to dig out. Inflorescence very narrow, purple-tinged, anthers hanging out. When seeding, glumes opening widely, very hairy, whitish.

Red-flowered form

BR specimen and iNaturalist record Id'ed by Iain Darbyshire as E. caespitosa but that now appears to be a synonym of E. coccinea again.

Tree to 4 m. Long spicate axillary inflorescence, greenish-white with yellow anthers. Many ants farming scale insects.

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 248, 2011.

Arbusto 2m altura, folhas alternada palmada, flores amarelas com cheiro agradavel, fruto com formato de vagem de 2 sementes inserido alternadamente no topo da planta.

Terrestrial orchid to c. 30 cm tall, largely leafless; swollen white rootstock. Tepals pink, short rounded spur yellowish, throat white with mauve speckling, labellum with brownish central area.

Erect, unbranched, annual herbs up to 18 cm high, flowers in the upper axils, together forming a terminal head; calyx broadly winged; corolla mauve-purple. Locally frequent

Small annual herbs, up to 20 cm high; flowers yellow with winged calyces. only few plants seen

Large buttressed tree to 30 m. Bark smooth, pale yellow-green, no lenticels. Branch breakages rounded; some epicormic shoots, hollow (collected). Slash thin, no speckles, pale yellow-green, slightly sticky; no smell to slightly fresh smell. Leaves large, very rough/sandpapery to touch, ?equal at base, light yellow-green; larger/broader than those of C. gomphophylla.

Large spreading tree to 15 m; bole straight, branched high, loaded with epiphytes (Rhipsalis, orchids). Bark dark brown, smooth, slightly shiny in places. Leaves large, clustered terminanlly, not hairy.

Tree. Large leaves with long petioles. Gully forest between two inselbergs.

Epiphyte. Strangler fig in Xylopia tree. Roots growing down trunk. Leaves young.

Tufted sedge to 30cm. Stems spreading, dark green. Nutlets green/brown, terminal and axillary. Locally common.

Small understory tree to 4 m. Branches and leaves opposite; stems angular. Small amount of yellow sap. Fruits said to be edible.

Tree to 6 m. Leaves large, ribbed, clustered terminally. Fruits axillary, very hard, many-seeded, in 2s.

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Yellow-flowered form

Many large trees common.

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Mostly unbranched erect herbs up to 80 cm high; flowers violet pink. small colony seen, far less numerous at colection site than Dissotis pulchra

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Originally as var. mollis. Small understorey tree to 5 m. Bark flaky. Young leaves flushing red. Fruits winged, yound developing ones still with bright red stigma.

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Small herb about 10 cm high with closed yellow flowers. Leaves narrow, covered with whitish hairs. Tuberous root, white inside.

BR specimen Small bulbous herb to 20 cm. Tuber round, fleshy. Leaves long, linear, hairy. Each flowering shoot with 2 yellow flowers.

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Shrub up to 4 m tall, branching horizontally, dark glossy leaves, dark green fruits

Scrambling shrub up to c. 3 m tall with long branches; flowers in dense axillary heads; creamy-white. One specimen seen at collection site

On margin of open miombo woodland and open seasonal waterlogged valley. Growing in shade.-x000D- ñ 10 - 15 cm high. Rhizome present. Linear bracts surround inflorescence. Inflorescence a tight white ball. Uncommon.-x000D- Photos: 2940, 2941, 2944, 2945, 2946, Oc

Arvore de 6m, caulte preto branco, cascas carnudas de cor de vinho, folhas compostas alternadas imparpinuladas, fruto circular acastanhado

Perennial herb, up to 35 cm high with milky sap, growing from a fleshy tuber; leaves mostly basal, capitula terminal consisting only of a whorl of rays. Locally fairly frequent.

Occuring in clumps. About 50 cm tall. A few plants seen.

Small tree to 4 m. Large leaves. Axillary fruits with long sepals.

In fruit

Tufted fern, no fertile fronds

Large tree to 15 m. Bark light coloured, smooth, with red slash. Leaves heart-shaped, somewhat peltate.

Shrub to 2 m. Glossy unequal leaves. Flowers in axillary inflorescence, small, white.

Small naturalized tree

Small tree to 4 m. Leaves opposite, pinnate, venation prominent under, slightly hairy. Inflorescence terminal, large yellow flowers, throat with maroon markings. Occasional at edge of drainage line in Afzelia - Berlinia woodland., Occurrence: occasio

Tufted perennial with grey-green foliage; pale yellow-brown spikelets.