Records determined by Barbara Curtis

Determinations: 84

The following is a list of the records determined by Barbara Curtis in species name order.

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
94774Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus08 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1402 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

250 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, 250 cm high, with woody stems and twining upper branches. Leaves: very similar to 1403, but not hairy. Compound, leaflets oval, opposite, very slightly discolorous, mostly imparipinnate. Fruits: pods, clustered, brown and leathery, splitting to reveal oval red seeds with a black tip.

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94467Acacia ataxacantha01 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 707 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B5. Burkea woodland next to tarred road just south of Bukalo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high.

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94583Acacia erioloba25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 632 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m high. Very common. Mopane woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94777Acacia galpinii08 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1399 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

5 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 5 m tall, with yellow, flaking bark. Thorns paired, large, hooked. Leaves: with 5 pinnae pairs. A small raised gland on petiole near base of pinnae pair. Confirmed by MU, 6.11.2002.

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95632Acacia galpinii04 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1323 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Mamili National Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B30

5 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 5 m high. Stem: a few equal, single stems. Bark: older - brown, fissured; young - yellowish. Young branches grey-brown with prominant lenticels.Thorns: paired, dark on raise bases. Leaves: very open, 5-7 pinnae pairs, well spaced, lateral branches coming out almost horizontally, with leaves held out horizontally. Small raised petiolar gland more than half way up the petiole.

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94370Acacia nigrescens02 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 4 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M6, Mopane woodland, just north of turn-off to Iseke.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

Tree; Notes: Tree, 20 m high. Seasonally flooded.

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94371Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana05 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1354 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

380 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrubs, 380 cm tall with spreading branches, brown. Paired, straight spines deflexed backwards. Flowers in golden balls. Old pods on ground underneath. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

-17.93417024.4013904
94779Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana07 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1374 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

210 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub 210 cm tall, brown stems. New growth green and velvety. Thorns long and straight. New thorns, green with dark tips, short. Somewhat swept back. Leaves with tiny leaflets. Flowers yellow balls. Pods dark brown, constricted between the seeds. Voucher for: pods collected.

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94780Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha10 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1444 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

25 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 25 m tall. Single trunk, yellowish and somewhat powdery. Strong, paired, hooked thorns. Branches come out somewhat horizontally. Leaves large and feathery, with more than 15 pinnae pairs and a very large, squat, petiolar gland. Flowers: cream coloured, in long spikes. Fruits: pods papery - leathery, long and narrow, reddish brown.

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94782Acacia schweinfurthii10 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1445 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. Along riverbank.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

5 m high; Climber; Notes: Scrambling climber, 5 m tall. Scattered, hooked thorns, growing on longitudinal grooves and stems. Leaves: large and feathery with prickles on rachis. Flowers: in creamy balls. Fruits: pods, reddish brown, papery-leathery.

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94372Acacia sieberiana var. woodii05 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1348A BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m tall. Trunk simple, somewhat rough but yellowish. Spines long and narrow, younger ones short. Leaves with 15 pinnae pairs, pinnules small and closely packed. Large gland at base of first pinnae pair. Can get into very large trees with spreading canopy. Common. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

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94584Acacia sieberiana var. woodii01 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 742 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site A1, Mixed woodland near Sikanjabuka.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

1.6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.6 m high. Yellowish green stems. Straight white thorns with darker tips.

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94784Afzelia quanzensis07 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1387 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Tree; Notes: Tree, 25 m tall, with single trunk. Leaves: with pulvinus. Leaflets hairless, discolorous, slightly sickle-shaped with oblique midrib, opposite. Leaves alternate. Flowers: with 4 green sepals, boat-shaped, curled back. Two fused pinkish petals and 7 green stamens, whole flower very open. Fruits: pods large, dark, woody, with large black and red seeds inside.

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94374Albizia anthelmintica02 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 744 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M11, opposite of Fish Camp near Muyaka Village. Floodplain.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

Tree; Notes: Tree on termite hill with exceptionally large leaflets.

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94587Albizia anthelmintica25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 644 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B3, next to tarred road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

7 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 7 m high. Brown stem. Burkea woodland.

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93947Albizia harveyi01 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1267 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Road to Schuckmannsburg - east Caprivi floodplains.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Trunk rough and longitudinally fissured. Pods orange, leathery, flat. Flowers cream-coloured. Leaflets fine.

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94785Albizia harveyi09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1431 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2 m high, small leaflets.

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94589Albizia versicolor03 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 763 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site GH1, mixed woodland near Iowa (Ioma?).0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

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94793Artabotrys brachypetalus08 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1401 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Creeper; Notes: Creeper with woody stem, round, brown. Leaves: ovate, with rounded base and apex. Soft when young, more leathery when older. Young stems, petioles and leaves velvety. Leaf discolorous, alternate, midvein prominent below. Flower: on ends of a curved hook of stem. Three green, nearly circular sepals enclosing 6 cream-green petals. Whole thing globose and 1 cm in diameter, pendulent.

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94377Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 677 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M8, near Chaka Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high. Older stems brown, younger ones green, all very stiff and woody. Leaves with 2 leaflets below a spine. Mopane woodland, sandy plain.

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94596Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 633 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: 4 km NE of Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Simple stem about 2 cm in diameter, with short lateral branches low down. Branches very stiff. Stem greenish, stiff succulent. Sessile leaves green, concolorous, in whorls. Spiny. Mopane woodland. Corr. nom.: SR 01.2008.

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94597Baphia massaiensis subsp. obovata var. obovata24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 614 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

2.5 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2.5 m high. Untidy, with pods. Medium brown stems with conspicuous white lenticels. Flowers on ends of lateral shoots. All branches turning upwards. Leaves held erect, slightly paler below, obovate. Flowers pale pink with a yellow spot in throat. Lean flowers with protruding stamens. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

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94601Bobgunnia madagascariensis22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 601 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high. Rough, longitudinally fissured bark. Stem, petioles and petiolules hairy. Stems green, flecked with white lenticels. Leaves and leaflets hang down, 1-3 pairs of leaflets and terminal one. 2 large stipules at leaf bases. Thick hairy petioles. Leaflets sometimes opposite, sometimes alternate. Leaves alternate. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94799Boscia mossambicensis09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1443 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

150 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 150 cm tall. Stems: dark green. Younger stems straw-coloured with longitudinal grooves or green striations. Leaves: large, leathery, bristle tipped. Fruit: spherical, pale red, short androgynophore, persistent sepals 4.

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94805Bridelia cathartica subsp. melanthesoides var. melanthesoides07 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1376 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

230 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 230 cm tall. Leaves: green, discolorous, obovate, apex tapering to blunt. Flowers: tiny, yellow-green, in clusters in leaf axils. Leaves: alternate, with a stipule at base of each leaf.

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94475Burkea africana01 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 715 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B4, Burkea woodland just south of Bukalo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

Tree; Notes: 20 m high or more. Old tree. Single stem and spreading canopy.

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94807Capparis tomentosa09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1433 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

120 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 120 cm high. Stems: velvety, with very small prickles. Leaves: concolorous, velvety, especially below.

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95636Colophospermum mopane04 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1324 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Mamili National Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B30

80 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 80 cm high. All have new floppy, reddish-golden leaves. Broken by elephants, occasional on floodplain, all have been broken to this height.

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94818Combretum apiculatum subsp. apiculatum09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1419 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m tall. Light bark. Leaves: new leaves shiny green, undulate, in three's. Fruits: old pods golden, 4 winged (one is five winged), longer than wide, but blunt at both ends, with an apical peg.

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94613Combretum collinum24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 636 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

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94615Combretum hereroense subsp. hereroense22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 608 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 6 m high, with pods, dark reddish brown to yellow with deep golden brown wings. Smooth grey stem. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94616Combretum hereroense subsp. hereroense27 Feb 2003CJH Hines
CJH Hines 1126 HR Hasheela BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Just south of the main Bukalo - Liambezi road, on the road to Dudukabe.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3942

Notes: Tree/shrub. Common species especially around pans on edge of termitaria. Variable in size from a tree up to 6 m in height to shrub about 1 m high. No flowers and fruit. Distinct corky lenticels. The whole area is dominated by Colophospermum mopane woodlands with extensive flooded areas and pans. Soils are clays and clay loam.

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95679Combretum hereroense subsp. hereroense03 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1307 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Mamili National Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B40

160 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 160 cm high. Leaves: smooth, discolourous, obovate with a blunt apex and a small pointed tip. Veins conspicuous below. Branches and leaves opposite.

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94484Combretum mossambicense01 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 721 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M5, Mopane woodland, just south of Bukalo near Limulunga Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

Climber; Notes: Climber, 3 m tall.

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94823Commiphora mossambicensis09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1422 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, about 8 m high. Trunk: dark, smooth. Leaves: trifoliate. Flowers: cup-shaped, in terminal clusters on long pedicels.

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94826Cordia pilosissima08 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1409 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Shrubs, up to 1.2 cm tall, with smooth, light brown stems. Leaves large, floppy, velvety, almost round. Petioles with long hairs. Leaves discolorous with conspicuous venation below. Fruit developing inside a cup shaped, fleshy calyx.

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94828Croton gratissimus var. subgratissimus10 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1450 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

180 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 180 cm tall. Leaves: with short petioles. Discolorous. Smooth below, rough above.

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95680Croton megalocarpoides03 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1305 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B40

6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 6 m, floppy branches, pendulent leaves. Leaves hairy, cordate, discolorous. Fruit ovoid. Fruit and stems with white covering.

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94631Dalbergia melanoxylon25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 653 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B3, next to tarred road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Shrub; Notes: Spinescent lateral branches. Shrub with numerous stems and branches from the ground. Very dense, lateral branches and leaves hang down. Compound leaf and small leaflets. About 5 plants together in a depression. Burkea woodland.

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94633Dichrostachys cinerea25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 631 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site, at edge of pan.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub 4 m - edge of pan. Young pods. Common in places. Mopane woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94836Diospyros lycioides subsp. sericea08 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1411 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 4 m tall, growing mixed up with another shrub. Branches pendulent. Leaves: soft and hanging, discolorous, velvety below. Fruit: ovoid, with pointed apex, enclosed in a calyx with 5 long, slender sepals.

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94637Diplorhynchus condylocarpon27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 681 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Tree; Notes: Shrubby tree, up to 2 m high, with very soft, floppy branches and hanging leaves. Branches reddish brown with white lenticels. Leaves opposite. Milky latex. Bright green. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

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94838Elephantorrhiza goetzei subsp. goetzei08 Nov 2002BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1404 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. At floodplain.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

150 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 150 cm tall. Leaves: large, with 12 - 14 pinnae pairs. Leaflets asymmetric, but with distinct lamina on both sides. Marked pulvinus. Young stems, petiole and rachis of new leaves red. Fruit: pods, 35 - 40 cm long, cylindrical, with large seeds demarcated by swellings in the pod.

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94839Entandrophragma caudatum09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1436 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Common, but localised.Caprivi, Katima Mulilo District: Impalila Island. On a rocky hill.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Tree, 30 m high. Trunk single, large diameter. Bark peels off in woody discs to reveal a pale, smooth undersurface. Leaves clustered on terminal shoots, paripinnate, discolorous, pendulent, with long petioles and petiolules. Leaflets opposite. Leaves whorled. Fruit a large pod, with 5 woody valves splitting open to reveal a central, pithy core.

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94640Erythrophleum africanum24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 618 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high, with soft, hanging, bright green leaves. Uncommon. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

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94845Flacourtia indica09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1424 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m tall. Stems: smooth, light brown with sharp spines. A single sharp spine at base of most leaves. Leaves: circular, velvety. Fruit: a round berry about 5 mm long, with a ring of persistent calyx at apex.

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94650Friesodielsia obovata01 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 732 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B7, Mixed woodland near Mukasa village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

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94653Gardenia volkensii subsp. volkensii var. volkensii25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 656 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B3, next to tarred road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Tree; Notes: Branches in 3 from central stem. Leaves dark green above, light green below. Small shrubby tree - stems grey. Burkea woodland.

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93997Gloriosa superba04 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 785 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Campsite.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

Notes: Spiny green leaves curling at tips. Flowers orange with yellow edges to petals.

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94655Grewia bicolor25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 660 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B3, next to tarred road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high. Floppy branches. Leaves hang down. Burkea woodland.

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94851Grewia pachycalyx08 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1394 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. At main lodge buildings.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

380 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 380 cm high. Stems: round, smooth, brown, arching and floppy. Leaves: hairless, thinly textured. Base tapering, almost symmetrical. Apex attenuate, margin serrate and undulate. Petiole short. A pair of stipules at base of each leaf. Flowers: leaf opposed, white. Fruit: 4 lobed.

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94852Gymnosporia senegalensis07 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1375 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

170 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 170 cm tall. Stems: smooth, silver. Leaves: leathery, finely serrate apically. Fruits: clustered reddish brown seed cases, 2 valves, with chocolate brown seeds.

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94853Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1429 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island - Eastern end of Island. Rocky hill.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Others were taller. Trunk: very smooth, shiny, silver tinged with bronze. Leaves: clustered terminally, soft, pendulous, velvety, distinctly discolorous, cordate. Herby smell. Rocky hills. Locally common.

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94856Hippocratea indica13 Jan 1959DJB Killick
OA Leistner
DJB Killick OA Leistner 3345 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Caprive Zipfel: Mpilila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Scrambler; Notes: Rare in dense bush; woody scrambler.

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94857Hippocratea parviflora08 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1413 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m tall, very sparse growth. Flowers: strongly scented, shiny yellow, in loose sprays. Spray axillary. Leaves opposite, velvety, bright green, somewhat discolorous, distinct venation below.

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94524Kirkia acuminata01 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 716 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B4, Burkea woodland just south of Bukalo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m high. Single, erect stem. Reddish brown. Leaves concolorous, smooth, soft. Hanging down.

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94864Kirkia acuminata08 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1395 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. At lodge buildings.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m high. Stem: rough, silvery. Leaves: whorled at ends of branches. Leaflets: small. Flowers: small, with 4 creamy petals and 4 stamens, in sprays on a long peduncle, arising away to leaves.

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95651Lannea schweinfurthii var. tomentosa04 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1320 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B30

15 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 15 m tall. Smooth, pale trunk. Leaves in terminal whorls, velvety and soft. Flowers in drooping spikes, small, yellow. Spikes in whorls among leaves.

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94679Markhamia obtusifolia24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 616 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site 19, OK3.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Flowers: yellow trumpet flower with red lines in throat. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

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94570Mimosa pigra01 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1282 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Floodplain near Schuckmannsburg, East Caprivi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D20

150 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 150 cm tall. In a thicket of Mimosa and Sesbania. Pale pink flower balls. Glandular pods. Compound leaves that close when touched.

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94870Mimosa pigra07 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1381 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

80 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 80 cm tall, riverine. Stems: reddish-brown, hairy, with tiny, hooked, scattered thorns. Rachis hairy, glandular, with paired thorns between pinnae. Flowers in pink balls. Pods: in clusters. Very hairy and glandular.

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94871Mimusops zeyheri08 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1407 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

20 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 20 m tall, with rough bark, splitting into rectangular blocks, like a crocodiles skin. Leaves: bright green above, smooth and shiny, paler below. Flowers: axillary. Ovary with 2 rows of sepals (4 each, curled back), then a ring of creamy white petals standing erect, 10, then what looks like another ring of petals closed around the ovary, with the pistil protruding, no stigma. Fruit: oval, fleshy, with large pip. Orange/yellow.

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94684Ochna pulchra subsp. pulchra22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 610 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94873Olax dissitiflora07 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1389 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Small tree, 4 m tall. Leaves: alternate, undulate, pendulent, somewhat discolorous, smooth, hairless, thinly textured. Fruit: oval, pendulent, single.

-17.78330025.2075005
94761Philenoptera violacea26 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 664 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site S1, floodplain.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D40

1.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.2 m tall. Leaflets very large.

-17.87806024.7580604
94881Phoenix reclinata07 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1380 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island, riverine..2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m tall. Leaves: long, up to 1.5 m (just the tip sampled). Clusters of oval green fruits on yellow green stalks, hanging down.

-17.78330025.2075005
94444Phyllanthus reticulatus var. reticulatus06 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1357 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Conservancy campsite, on termite hill near pan.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

Shrub; Notes: Shrub. Saw a tree 10 m tall.

-17.84333024.4066704
95603Phyllanthus reticulatus var. reticulatus31 Oct 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1253 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Lianshulu Lodge.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A20

Tree; Notes: Tree with open spreading, lax branches. Leaves: small, oval to round. Fruit/seed: clusters of berries (a) with younger fruit, (b) with older fruit.

-18.12500023.3750002
94889Salvadora australis09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1426 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impilila Island. Pan area.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 180 cm high. Fairly browsed. Fruit: red berries.

-17.78330025.2075005
94699Schinziophyton rautanenii25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 651 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B3, next to tarred road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m high. A few very green fruit on. Palmate leaves. Discolorous. Burkea woodland.

-17.77611024.5969404
94031Schrebera trichoclada24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 623 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M4. Bukalo area (NE).0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

Tree; Notes: Tree, up to 6 m, drooping crown. Leaves opposite to sub-opposite, leathery, slightly discolorous, fairly dark green. Sunken veins on upper surface - protruding veins on lower surface. Stem greenish brown with oval white lenticels. Fruit pear-shaped - 4 locules. Mopane woodland.

-17.71611024.3950005
94701Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 612 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

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94886Searsia quartiniana08 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1414 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 6 m tall. New growth brown, velvety. Leaves: shiny green, smooth above, light green and rough below. Upper surface shiny and sticky. Margins very slightly crenate.

-17.78330025.2075005
94697Searsia tenuinervis25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 634 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

1.6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.6 m high. Flowering, fairly common. Leaves very velvety - no petiolules. Margin double crenate. Mopane woodland.

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95605Searsia tenuinervis31 Oct 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1245 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Lianshulu Lodge.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A20

Notes: Growing in shade.

-18.12500023.3750002
94764Securidaca longepedunculata05 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1334 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Conservancy.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D40

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Stem: 4 thin, smooth grey stems, all growing together. Flowers: mauve/lilac. Fruit/seed: new pods reddish/green. Someone has dug a hole around the trunk and the tree is leaning.

-17.91278024.7966704
94891Sesbania sesban var. nubica07 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1378 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. On side of Zambezi River.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m tall. Main stem brown, young stems green. Leaflets fairly large. Habitat: river bank.

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94719Terminalia sericea22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 609 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Tree; Notes: Tree, 5 m high. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

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94906Terminalia sericea09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1430 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

5 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 5 m tall, layered canopy. Leaves: clustered on short lateral shoots, silver, especially below. Flowers: cream, closely packed on axillary spikes. Last season's pods still on, winged, light brown.

-17.78330025.2075005
94768Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica26 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 662 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site S1, floodplain.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D40

Tree; Notes: Large tree > 20 m high, with dark green leaves, pale and hairy below. Leathery. Bark dark and fissured.

-17.87806024.7580604
94910Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica07 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1379 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m tall, riverine. Stems: smooth, grey. New growth velvety. Leaves: with marked pulvinus, sometimes paripinnate, sometimes imparipinnate. Petiole up to 15 cm long, velvety. Rachis velvety. Petiolules thick. Leaflets smooth, dark green above, yellow green and velvety below with marked venation. Fruit: ovoid, green, velvety, with 6 segments demarcated by grooves.

-17.78330025.2075005
94913Xeroderris stuhlmannii09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1423 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

20 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 20 m tall, single trunk. Bark: sort of rough, in large rectangular pieces. Leaves: large, imparipinnate. Marked pulvinus. Terminal leaflet articulated. Leaflets undulate, opposite, more or less concolorous, with prominent venation. Fruits: pods brown, with a single seed surrounded by a leathery wing, pointed base and apex.

-17.78330025.2075005
94914Ximenia americana var. microphylla09 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1425 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

180 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, 180 cm tall, 2 m in diameter. Stems: brown to green. Leaves: blue-green, folded up along midrib, clustered on spiny lateral shoots. Fruit: oval, pendulous.

-17.78330025.2075005
94731Ximenia caffra var. caffra22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 604 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Shrubby tree, 4 m high. Smooth grey bark. Leaves on young branches very downy, short spines at base of leaves. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

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