Records made by Jonathan Timberlake

Pink-flowered Abutilon; shrub c. 2 m tall.

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.

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

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

Arvore, caule rugosa, folhas recompostas,

A yellow flowered bulbous plant. Only one plant seen.

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

Herb to 50 cm tall, green leaves, dark brown stems, flowers yellow with brown vertical lines outside petals, fruits orange. Scattered locally

Herb to 50 cm tall, green leaves, dark brown stems, flowers yellow with brown vertical lines outside petals, fruits orange

Unbranched herb c. 20 cm high; flowers golden yellow

Herb to 20cm. Yellow flowers. Dark green leaves, purplish stems

Erect unbranched herb, up to 20 cm high; flowers yellow

Both flowers and roots yellow. Stem slightly sticky. Fairly common locally.

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.

Edge of Guibourtia - Pteleopsis dry forest.-x000D- Notes: Large tree to 16 m, dbh 42 cm. Bark fissured, grey. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers white, thecae yellow. Pods (on ground) angular, dark brown. Locally common on dry forest margin.

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

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.

Small shrublet up to 60 cm tall; densely covered in small overlapping whorls of needle-like leaves, densely greyish green hairy when young. Frequent throughout

A 4m tall tree with reddish fls. New leaves reddish.

Tree to 6 m tall with arching branches. Fruits green with velvety grey-green hairs; seeds with bright orange aril.

Small tree to 5 m. Leaves sub-opposite. Inflorescence terminal. Fruits flattened, ± winged.

Very common

Tufted fern to 20 cm on forest floor.

One specimen seen

Herb about 40 cm tall with a single terminal flowerhead with white-ray florets and yellow centre. Leaves with red prominent lateral veins, smooth with rough edges. Roots lateral.

iNaturalist record

Tree to 12 m, canopy spreading. Bark light grey, corky, fissured, very few spines. Twigs soft. Leaflets paired, rounded, blue-green, fleshy. Young pods long, lime-green, longitudinally-furrowed, woody inside. Local. Berlinia woodland to low forest, w

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

60-80 cm errect annual herb. Yellow capitula with 5-6 rays.

iNaturalist record

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

Tree

Spreading tree to 4 or 8 m, sometimes with multiple stems. Bark smooth, light grey, heavily covered in lichens. Fine narrow leaflets, drooping in rain or at night.

Spreading canopy tree to 8m, canopy open. Up to 20 leaflet pairs, not overlapping; middle leaflets largest. Pods woody, all fallen and dehisced, 4-5 seeded. Dominant species here.

Large spreading open-canopied tree to 15 m. Leaves pinnate, fine-leaved, 22-24 leaflet pairs.

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.

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

Very long inflorescences in fruit.

Epiphyte

Epiphytic orchid on Englerophytum tree branch, with long thick aerial roots. Narrow linear leaves. Some fruit capsules.

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

Shrub or small tree to 2 m. Leaves dark green, alternate. Flowers underneath, axillary, clustered, white with maroon upper wing. Rare in Guibourtia - Pteleopsis dry forest, possibly on edge of termite mound.

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.

Lamina set with long white hairs

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

Fern in riparian forest understorey.

Only young saplings seen

Common at the collection site

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.

Clumped sedge to 20cm. Flowers ± finished, but with nutlets. Forming strong fibrous tufts on rock surfaces, hard to split.

Tufted sedge to 20cm high, with fibrous root mat adhering to rock shelves. Inflorescenece/fruits dark brown. Very common.

Small tufted sedge forming dense clumps or tufts on rocks.

Single-stemmed herb to 1m. Flrs axillary in 4s. Corm or bulbil at base just below surface. Axillary infl like a viviparous bulbil with leaves coming from top of swollen bulbil. Lvs aromatic.

Strongly aromatic, sticky glandular herb; inflorescence terminal, many-flowered, flowers deep blue. Generally frequent in the area

Softly woody herb, almost 1 m tall. Single individual seen.

Extensive now naturalised colony, probably originally introduced as foodsource for goldminers.

Spathes have white bases with a green lining on top. Yellow flowers. Base of leaves were slightly hairy. Flowers occur in groups at the tip of the stem. Fairly common on these slopes.

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

Scrambling Commelina to about 50cm. The flowers seem white but they could have been yellow when they were fresh. Only one plant seen.

Slender tree to 4 m, stem angular. Strong spines. Milky latex. Leaves trifoliate. Fruits green. Local. Berlinia woodland to low forest.

Shrub up to 4 m tall, green leaves, green immature fruits.

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

Erect, unbranched, succulent herb c. 25 cm high; inflorescence a terminal corymbose head, brownish-red; flowers creamy-white. Only one specimen at this collection site but generally frequent in the area

Erect, unbranched, succulent herb up to 25 cm high; inflorescence a terminal corymbose head, brownish-red; flowers creamy-white. Common at collection site

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

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.

Guibourtia - Pteleopsis dry forest.-x000D- Notes: Small tree 3 - 4 m, branching towards top. Bark fissured, grey, mottled, dark and light. Leaves alternate, dark glossy green above, silvery scales beneath with few red scales. Fruit terminal, covered in red

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.

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

Note by Joan Osborne: Slender foliage + habit close to C. rogersii S. Moore from South Africa. See note in FZ for differences.

Delicate twining herb, up to 30 cm long; flowers white. Several specimens seen at collecton site; generally fairly frequent in the area

Pink-flowered form

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

Arvore com 12m, folhas compostas oposta imparpinadas, flores branco pequenas

Grass to 50cm. Leaves paler green. Inflorescence straw-brown, relatively lax.

Locally common. Grass up to 1.25 m tall, green leaves, leaf sheath hairy, fruits similar to rice (golden heads).

White fls. A few plants seen locally

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

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

Shrub, 1 m height, leaves green, fruits green covered by a huge calyx. Single individual locally seen

Arvore de 8m, caule rugoso castanho com seiva branca colante

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.

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

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

Arbusto de 4m altura, caule escuro, vagem comprido cerca de 30cm, folhas recompostas caducas

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

Shrub with widely divergent branches, 1-2 m tall. Small green fruits.

Infested with Helixanthera woodii (Loranthaceae) parasite.