Records determined by Iain Darbyshire

Shrub to 3 m tall with spreading-ascending lateral branches. Male inflorescences below female ones, or some branches with male inflorescences only.

Woody herb to 1.5 m. Large toothed leaves, mostly terminal. Conspicuous clusters of axillary flowers in axils, often without leaves. Brilliant red curved flowers with extruding yellow stamens.

Monocot. about 30 to 40 cm tall, with white bulb like onion,yellow greenish flowers.

Scrambling shrub with arching branches. Leaves softly hairy, bright green. Female flowers with long red stigmas, elsewhere green. Fruits green, 3-lobed.

Male flowers of Darbyshire 878. Scrambling shrub with arching branches; inflorescence axes reddish, flowers minute, green.

Herb; to 0.3 m; occasional in open Miombo woodland on white Kalahari sands; stem and leaves hairy; petals orange; anthers hairy; stem and roots deep orange.

In steep ravine, in thick leaf litter, bottom of stem orange, to purple further up; calyx light green; petals light orange; filaments lighter orange; stigma light green.

Common; in rocky areas; parasitic roots bright orange; aerial stem deep purple; bracts purple outside light green inside; calyx green with purple on exposed surfaces; corolla yellow-orange, anthers same colour; stigma green.

Herb; 20 cm, erect. Plant parasitic. Stems purplish with white hairs. Calyx pale green, corolla yellow-orange. Anthers pale yellow.

Basal rosette leaves with a parsley smell when crushed. Most plants appear to have finished flowering due to the presence of old inflorescence. Fairly common here.

A climber about 4 m tall, opposite leaves, inflorescence green, fruits green, red wine when ripe with yellowish pollen.

Shrublet c. 40 cm tall with numerous erect branches. Mostly over at this time of year.

Small branched shrublet c. 50 cm high densely covered in small whorls of sessile leaves with needle-like leaflets, almost appearing as being 3-foliolate; flowers very small, sessile among the leaves, greenish-yellow. One specimen at collection site; generally occasional in the area. One specimen at collection site; generally occasional in the area.

Shrub to 50 cm. Small/thin green lvs in whorls. Ericoid. Small, sessile yellow fls. Many branches. Male plant.

Arbusto 3m, caule liso castanho, folhas simples alternadas

Arbusto de 10m altura, caule verde acastanhado, folhas simples peninervias alternadas

Shrub or small tree to 3 m tall, several seen on rocks by river. Sterile voucher for identification.

Shrublet, 0.3 m high. Flower orange.

Small spiny shrub growing in sun at edge of thicket. Pale orange flowers. Growing in low thicket on a small outcrop at a spring. Canopy trees are Manilkara mochisia, Acacia robusta ssp. clavigera and Dalbergia melanoxylon

Erect herb, about 0.45 m high.

15 cm high; Dwarf shrub; Notes: Dwarf shrub, 15 cm high. Flowers trumpet shaped, pastel purple, enclosed at the base by two large bracts. Leaves opposite, elliptic. Stems square, short. On limestone gravel, cleared area. Rare.

Shrub, 0.8 m high. Flower pink.

Flowers yellow

Flowers purple to very pale white; growing where protected by spiny bushes

Very spiny sepals, 2 outer enormous. 4-lobed purple corolla.

Small plant ca. 40-50 cm high, growing in coastal woodland on sandy soils. Flowers mauve.

Herb 0.86 m tall with violet-blue flowers. Occasional.-x000D- Habitat: savanna on a limestone cliff-top. In level well-drained, stony gravel, in full sun. No biotic effect seen.

UJ DNA No. UJ04925

Along Metapiri River.-x000D- -x000D- UJ DNA No. UJ06974

UJ DNA No. UJ05022

Low shrub, c. 1 m tall, growing along edge of path. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

Suffrutex in woodland, corolla blue.

This is a herbaceous shrub, up to c. 1 m tall, occurring along forest margins. Stems and bracts spineless. All parts softly velvety. Flowers pale blue.

Flowers very pale lilac, almost white

Tree about 5 to 7 m tall, grey bark white flowers, with aromatic smell.

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

Erect annual herb, delicate pink flowers with pale yellow throat.

Annual herb, erect, sticky glandular.

Erect annual herb. Flowers purple with paler tube and throat.

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

Erect annual with thread-like stems. Flower with 3-winged lilac receptacle, tepals minute, very pale lilac or white.

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

Herb about 15 cms, white flowers.

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 fleshy white roots. Corolla barely opens, yellowish-green or yellow. Fruits green.

Monocot, about 10 to 15 cm tall, with white rhizomes, fasciculated roots, purple flowers.

Common at the collection site

Shrub with harsh spines. Sweet smelling sap when stem cut. Leaves bright green. A naturalised Citrus?

Shrub to 4 m tall. Leaves dark green and glossy above. Fruits green with fuscous short hairs; stigmas brown green.

Small tree to 3 m. Leaves hard, sclerophyllous, older ones with lichens on upper surface; very marked drip-tips.

Small understory tree to 4 m. Leaves glossy green, leathery, evergreen, margins entire.

Arbusto verde de 2m altura com flores de 10 petalas branca acastanhada, folhas simples lanceolada, alternada e peninervias

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

Suculent herb up to 20 cm tall, leaves in basal rosette, flowers white turning brown

Straggling shrub with pendulous branches. Young fruits only, green. Inflorescence supra-axillary.

Shrub. Flowers white, lobes recurved, stigma white, 2-lobed. Fruits green or with purplish tinge.

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.

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

Climber, with green leaves and greenish roots.

Herb with white flowers (4-5 petals), simple leaves with toothed margins

Herb 0.35 m tall. Flowers white with purple markings. Rare.-x000D- Habitat: Grassland on a NW-facing mountain slope. In well-drained sand, in full sun. Biotic effect: roadside.

Flowers white, sometimes with a pinkish tinge

Shrub 60-80 cm tall, undershrub growing with Barleria repens (B&B 12895), undershrub in dwarf coastal forest on coral rag.

Mauve flowers

Rhizomatous herb with fan-shaped leaves, sometimes sending out long trailing runners with small elliptic leaves. Fruiting only, fruits green, on arching peduncles.

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

Shrub to 2.5 m tall, often smaller; dense foliage, many branches. Flowers c. 0.5 cm diam., 3 cream-coloured petals, pale green calyx.

Arbusto de 3,5 m, encontrado ao longo do rio, folha pequena lisa lanceolada, pessiolo peludo de 3mm.

Shrub to 1 m. Flowers large, bright mauve.

Woody herb to 30 cm. Terminal flowers with long protuberance.

Small tree about 4 m tall, terminal inflorescence, white flowers, yellowish green fruits.

Woodland vegetation.-x000D- -x000D- UJ DNA No. UJ06951

Shrub to 1.5 m. Thin lvs. Many branches. White-pink fls turning orange when old. Sessile infl. A lot of pollen (wind-pollinated).

Woody shrub with minute scale-like leaves in whorls of 4; old flowers brownish, very small. Frequent throughout

Shrub to 2.5 m, Flowers white, with whorl of white ?nectaries at base of petals; stamens white. Fruits glossy green.

Small tree or shrub, up to 3.5 m tall, dense foliage. Fruits green with pale green pedicels.

Shrub about 2 m tall, with grey stems, white flowers.

Small shrub, 50-100 cm tall. Creamy-white flowers.

Tree about 6 m tall, bark fissured, greyish white flowers.

Arvore de 8m, folhas simples lanceoladas

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.

Tree about 10 to 12 m tall, with white latex, fruits in terminal braches.

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.

Arbusto de 3m altura, caule liso com seiva branca colante folhas simples alternadas

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

Small tree, about 6 m tall, with yellowish latex, green fruits and eatable.

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

Small tree to c. 5 m tall; yellow exudate when cut. One damaged fruit seen, green, globose, with yellow exudate beneath skin, white within.

A herb about 40 to 60 cm tall, with brown reddish bulb. Fine roots, with terminal inflorescence, pink flowers.

Fleshy herb to 150 cm from shallow flattened corm; roots fleshy. Leaves fleshy, pinnate. Flower arising from base, spathe cream with pale yellow spadix.

BR specimen Plant 40 cm tall. Blue flower heads. Few plants seen

Decumbent herb, densely white-hirsute stems. Corolla lilac, anthers blackish.

Erect perennial herb with woody rootstock. Stems densely patent-white hirsute. Corolla lilac-blue, small.

Herb c. 50 cm tall with spreading or trailing branches. Corolla deep pink; stamens yellow, outer stamens within purple spurs.

Erva toda ela verde que aparenta brobolhas raspantes, folhas, simples alternada, avermelhado na base da bainha

Small shrub about 2 m tall, with white flowers with good smell.

Trailing slender herb. Minute green flowers and fruit.

Aquatic herb with strong holdfast roots. Leaves feathery, stems rubbery.

Rubbery aquatic attached with holdfast to rocks. Plants exposed by lower water level now flowering, but with few leaves.

Originally as var. mollis. Small tree. Male inflorescences red-brown, flowers easily dislodged.

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.

Small tree to 3 m tall, dense foliage on lateral branches. Male flowers minute, red-green.

Arvore de caule muito forte e cascas fina, de cerca de 10m altura, pequenas folhas simples alternada

Scrambling herb, Dicliptera-like, with white flowers.

Perennial herb. Tepals green-yellow externally, bright yellow within; stamens with bright yellow anthers.

Perennial herb with fleshy white roots. Tepals bright yellow within, yellow-green externally.

Shrub about 1.5 m tall, only branches on E side of tree are flowering. Small white flowers. New leaves, branches and all petioles distinctly purple. One plant seen. Some roots exposed due to water eroding the stream bank. Some branches killed by fire.

Minute tufted herb, spikelets green.

Woody shrub to 1.5 m. Inflorescence racemose. Fruits green, bilocular.

Climbing twining herb. All dry clustered flower heads with ripe seed. Seed collected.

Erect herb to 1.5 m tall (usually less), stiff branches erect. Fruiting only; bracts pale green, inflorescences 1-sided.

Flowers purple. Plant slightly hairy at nodes.

Growing in semi-open Itigi thicket by termitaria in sandy/clay loam soil

Herb about 1 m tall, flowers white.

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

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.

Trailing or decumbent herb, numerous radiating branches forming clumps; stems red. Flowers minute, red-brown.

Small bulbous herb; bulb white with slimy sap. Culms fleshy; flowers pale green with pinkish tinge to some tepals. Fruits pale green.

Monocot. about 15 to 20 cm tall, bulb with fasciculate roots, white purple flowers.

It grows in the shade as a small bushy plant not much more than 30cm high. The leaves are very dark green and the flowers grow out of bracts that arise at the leaf axils. There are 3 lower lobes with some patterning on the centre lobe, and a single upper lobe. The colour ranged from pale mauve to a darker mauve in some specimens.

The oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate leaves and golden yellow stem indumentum previously separated the now synonymous L. sciaphila from more typical forms of L. scariosa.

Sprawling perennial herb from woody rootstock. Flowers white, anthers bright orange.

Shrub, 2 - 4 m tall, flowers greenish white, crushed leaves aromatic.

Fleshy herb, decumbent stems to 50 cm tall. Corolla yellow, 4 petals. Fruits green.

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.

Arbusto de 5m altura, caule liso, folhas verde e vermelhas na sua epoca de caducidade, fruto circular verde

Shrubs to 1.5 m or small tree. Leaves with long petioles. Fruits on side shoots, reddish above.

Parasite with obtuse green leaves, inflorescence green.

Trepadeira muito ramificado de 3m de comprimento, caulhe com brobulhas, folhas em forma do coracao com cheiro esquisito

Planta verde carnuda de cerca de 3m altura, folhas simples alternada paraleninevia, flores branca no topo da planta

Small tree, 3 to 5 m tall, milk latex present, inflorescence axillare, flowers in bud.

Small annual herbs, up to 20 cm high; flowers small, white in terminal heads on stem and branches; fruit green with purple edgings, with 3-4 pointed appendages or lobes?. Very common at the collecting site forming extensive weedy colonies.

Isolated tree to 25 m, dbh 109 cm. Planted? Bark grey-brown, flaking. Leaves dark green above, with distinct 3 veins from base.

Decumbent herb, stems fleshy, rooting at lower nodes. Corolla opens in late afternoon, lilac, petals reflexed, slightly darker towards base; tufts of purple hairs at base of stamens; filaments white, anthers purple.

A herb about 30 to 40 cm tall, with purple flowers, fruiting.

iNaturalist record

Shrub to 2.5 m tall, widely branched. Leaves sticky when pressed, glossy. In bud only, green.

Small tree or shrub, up to 3 m tall. Collected previously in bud only, here in full flower. Corolla white, 4-lobed, 4 long-exserted white stamens.

Small shrub about 2 to 4 tall, flowering but still in buds.

Occasional

Occasional

Shrub to small tree, 2 m tall. Stems slightly greenish. Fruits small, green, axillary.

Slender erect annual herb to 30 cm tall. Flowers minute, greenish-white.

Annual herb, trailing over rocks and in crevices. In fruit only, green.

Grass about 1 m tall, with white inflorescence, in bent Machamba.

Capim tipo bambu pequeno de 0,5 m altura, caule dividido em nos e oco, floracao em espigueta e germina aglomerado

Shrub about 4 m tall, with yellow flowers.

Erect perennial herb from horizontal rhizome. Corolla bright salmon pink, somewhat paler externally.

Erva de 70cm, toda ela verde flores amarelo

Erect perennial herb with some fleshy horizontal basal stems. Mostly over at this time of year (with brown-black old inflorescences) but occasional branches still with flowers. Corolla small, blue-lilac with paler tube.

Untidily branched perennial herb. Bracts green turning brown. Corolla white, stamens not exserted. Mostly past flowering at this time of year.

Slender annual herb, sometimes much-branched. Female flowers with 5 pale green tepals. Fruits green with yellow-green stigmas.

BR specimen Tree up to 5 m height, leaves dark green upperface, pale underneath, fruits green, four lobed

iNaturalist record

iNaturalist record

Shrub to 0.8 m, rare in open grassland. Stems woody, brown at base, turn light green towards tip; leaves light green; flowers white to pink.

Erect perennial herb to 25 cm. Wings yellow-green with dark veins. Keel petal true blue. Scattered in the area.

Slender annual herb, up to 40 cm high, mostly unbranched; leaves few, small and scale-like; flowers in fairly dense terminal elongated racemes, creamy-white, mostly barely opening.'

Perennial herb or subshrub to 1.5 m tall, bark of mature stems pale brown, often abruptly changing to herbaceous dark green on leafy stems. Fruits green.

Forest floor woody herb. Leaves dark green, not deciduous. Inflorescence axillary, not developed.

Small shrub to 1-1.5 m tall, rarely taller, much branched. Inflorescences green-white.

Shrub to 3 m tall. Petals cream-coloured, woolly within; stamens yellow.

Arbusto com 50 cm, flores brancas, folhas simples opostas com 1mm de peciolos, caule amarelado

Small shrub or herb 30-100 cm tall. Inflorescences at first globose, becoming capitate. Involucral bracts pale green. Corolla white, lobes recurved towards apices.

Woody shrub to 1.5 m. Young stems soft, green. Inflorescence axillary, clustered; flowers white, small, tubular. Fruits metallic blue. Ripe fruits and flowers on same inflorescence. Seed collected.

Shrub up to 2 m tall, green leaves, fruits green. Fairly common locally.

Scrambling shrub to 2 m. Glossy dark green leaves. Clustered black fruit. Only one specimen seen.

Herb to 150 cm. Leaves aromatic. Terminal tight clustered inflorescence, flowers bright blue, bracts spiny.

Climber, fruit yellow, brown when dry.

Understory tree to 6 m. Leaves dark green, leathery, serrated margins.

BR specimenA prostrate plant with red flowers, leaves trifoliate and rough. Very common here.

Shrub to 2.5 m. Fruits green turning brown-black, often on leafless portions of branches.

iNaturalist record

Flowers red

Scrambling red-flowered herb

Erect herb sometimes from a short horizontal rhizome, several to many stems from base. Corolla pale pink, nodding; stamens with deep pink ring around base of filaments; anthers cream-yellow.

Deep-rooted perennial herb, tufted, spreading by rhizomes. Very strong woody taproot. Leaves aromatic. Terminal heads of yellow flowers, no ray florets.

Erect wiry herb with pink gelatinous bulb. Tepals pinkish-green with pink midvein, only seen in bud at 1 pm. Fruits green.

Small bulbous herb. Shoots very slender. Small terminal green flowers, not yet open. Collection mixed with Thesium sp.

Frequent

Arbusto de 7m, caule acastanhado muito forte, nao bem recto, folhas alterndas, simples, peciolos 2mm, flores de cor de vinho esbranquissado

Slender herb to 30cm. Large fleshy tuber, whitish, almost carrot-like in size and shape. Leaves long, narrow, pubescent. Flowers closed. With long tubular sepals.