Records made by Nkuna

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.

Tufted fern to 20 cm on forest floor.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Shrub to 1 m. Flowers large, bright mauve.

Woody herb to small shrub to 1.5 m. Flowers white, drying brown.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Canopy tree to 18 m, dbh 33.0 cm, or shrub to 1 m. Bark smooth, grey, flaking in sections.

Woody herb to 1.5 m. Flowers in terminal racemes, small, pale yellow. Pods small, stick to clothes. Seeds collected.

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

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.

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

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

Slender shrub to 2 m.

Climbing understory shrub to 3 m high. Leaves opposite, generally all in one plane.

Tree to 6 m. Large glossy leaves.

Canopy tree to 25 m, dbh 49 cm. Trunk straight with narrow buttresses. Bark purple-brown, with lenticels. Leaves glossy, with drip-tip. Milky latex. Vern. name: Mdunduwe

Herb to 1 m. Upper leaves clasping. Lax sprays of small yellow flowers. Seeds collected.

Slender tree to 6 m. Bark dark grey, striated longitudinally. Stems covered in spine-tipped woody bosses; prickles on twigs. Leaves pinnate.