Records made by Hermenegildo Matimele

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

A yellow flowered bulbous plant. Only one plant seen.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Delicate shrublet to 750 mm high in shade of tall mixed miombo escarpment woodland, N-aspect, on sandy soils.

One specimen seen

Slender climber to 2 m high, in degraded deciduous woodland on sandy soils.-x000D- -x000D- First record for Mozambique.

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

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

BR specimen-sheet1 and BR specimen-sheet2

Ground fern with tufted fronds; scarce, on very wet peaty floor of swamp forest, dominated by Anthocleista grandiflora, Voacanga thouarsii, Antidesma vogeliana, Xylopia aethiopica and the fern Stenochlaena tenuifolia.-x000D- -x000D- Keys best to B. natalensis bu

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.

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.

Very long inflorescences in fruit.

low-level epiphyte iNaturalist record

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

Deciduous tree to 10 m tall, flowers bright yellow, spectacular; on forest margins in forest/woodland mosaic on sandy soils. Occasional, three specimens seen.

Lamina set with long white hairs

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.

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.

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.

This is also a first record of the species and subspecies from Mozambique. The subspecies is otherwise known only from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland. (Robert Faden pers. comm with Barbara Turpin, 2017).

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.

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

Semi-deciduous tree to 9 m tall, bark grey, roughly flaking; occasional in mixed deciduous coastal woodland on sands.

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.

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.

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

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

Evergreen tree to 12 m tall, bark rough, dark mottled grey; in dry semi-deciduous forest, in forest/thicket/woodland mosaic on sandy soils. Scarce.

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

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

Red-flowered form

Infested with Helixanthera woodii (Loranthaceae) parasite.

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

Deciduous tree 4-6 m high; occasional in semi-deciduous woodland; flowers scarlet.

Evergreen shrub to 2 m tall; on edge of termitaria in small forest patch, in area of Berlinia woodland on sands.

Shrub to 1 m, stem grey, leaves dark green, calyx green, buds white. Forest, understorey.

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

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

Small evergreen tree to 7 m tall, in forest patch in Parinari plateau woodland on sandy soils.

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

Evergreen tree to 6 m tall, branching ca. horizontal; on edge of riverine forest dominated by Syzygium guineense.

Aquatic herb. Feathery green leaves. No obvious roots. Locally common.

Small tree c. 5 m tall; leaves glossy dark green above, paler below with deep purple petioles; fruit c. 8 mm in diameter, orange-yellow often with red spots or tinge, together forming large clusters below the leaves. One specimen seen

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

Scrambling shrub to 4 m tall, frequent in Parinari-Psorospermum plateau woodland on sandy soils.

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

Climber to 8 m high with white latex; in dry forest patch with a mosaic of deciduous mixed woodland on sandy soils. Occasional. Fruit gree, finely speckled with creamish dots.

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

In fruit

Erect woody shrub 1-2 m high, in degraded/logged woodland in disturbed areas on sandy soils; leaves aromatic when crushed.

Spiny evergreen shrub to 3 m tall, with long trailing stems, fruit immature; occasional in riparian thicket on outer edge of alluvial floodplain of the Rovuma River.

Semi-deciduous scrambling spiny shrub to 4 m tall, flowers yellow; in dense Combretum-dominated scrub or thicket.

Locally common. Grass to about 50 cm tall, leaves hairy beneath, leaf sheath brownish, inflorescence green.

Roots with strange, brownish "galls"(?)

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.

Slightly succulent herb. White fleshy roots. Leaves mostly basal, often reddish. Flowers in a terminal head, pale purple.

Small shrublet c. 60 cm high. Fruit dark red.

Climber. Green stem. Creamy white flowers, tubular. Big green calyx. Black spots on leaves. Growing with Smilax.

One specimen seen at collection site but frequent in the area

A strggling plant with lilac flowers. Only one plant was seen at this locality.

Erect herb to 20 cm. Flrs violet with green tube. Growing in clusters.

Small succulent green herb, 10-15 cm. Stamens brown, exposed. Locally common.

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

BR specimen

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

Shrub to 2.5 m tall, too hairy green mature leaves, pale green younger leaves. Common locally

Common just above the tree line of Uapaca-Brachystegia woodland.

Older flowers

Evergreen shrub or small tree to 2.5 m tall; scarce in Parinari-Psorospermum plateau woodland on sandy soils.

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

Somewhat stunted tree with very leathery leaves in more exposed situation than its normal forest habitat.

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

BR specimen Erect perennial herb to 25 cm. Growing from a corm. Fls mauve-pink. Growing in clusters.

Trailing herb under garsses, rooting at nodes. Leaves trifoliate. Flowers axillary, mostly solitary. Standard yellow with red veins, lips bright red. Locally common

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

Straggly shrub to 2 m high, fruit orange-brown when ripe; occasional in thicket patch, in thicket/Parinari woodland mosaic.

Lactiferous scrambling shrub, riverine, flowers white, fragrant.-x000D- -x000D- Gathered by M. Lotter.

Large robust evergreen shrub to 3 m high and 6 m across; in Adansonia-Hyphaene-Acacia-Sterculia woodland on alluvial soils on valley bottom (of Rovuma River).

Erect terestrial orchid to 40 cm. Pale green stem. 2 spurs. Sepals curved down, pressed close to stem. Lvs pointing upwards. Flrs yellow - lime green. Small group of 5 orchids growing together.

Deciduous geophytic ginger, leafless, with 1-3 pale mauve flowers, tuber bright yellow within; in recently burnt mixed deciduous on sandy soils.

Several plants both in flower and fruit.

Erect perennial herb to 60 cm, fls mauve-pink with darker pink ring in centre. Stem is dark red. Thin lvs curved upwards, sessile, pale green. Sometimes multiple stems. Locally common.

Erect herb to 40 cm tall. Flrs light pink with dark pink streaks on petals and dark pink throat. Locally common.

Erect annual herbs up to 30 cm high; flowers white. Numerous specimens at collecting site.

Small slender single-stemmed deciduous tree to 5 m, infrutesence pink-purple; in mixed deciduous escarpment woodland on gravelly loam soils.

Dry Caesalp-dominated coastal forest. High in canopy.-x000D- Leaves opposite, very hairy. Flowers yellow with red-yellow stripes in throat. Petals extended. Latex present, clear, turning yellow. Uncommon.-x000D- Photos: 2928, 2929, 2930, Occurrence: uncommon

Climber in thicket in Parinari woodland on sandy soils; flowers pink/yellow

Evergreen tree to 7 m tall with very pale smooth bark; in dry semi-deciduous forest, in forest/thicket/woodland mosaic on sandy soils. Scarce. Sterile.

Evergreen shrubby tree to 5 m tall, leaves glossy above; occasional in dense thicket on sandy soils.

BR specimen Tiny herbs, up to 4 cm high, with numerous tufted flowering stems up to 4 cm high; leaves numerous in a basal rosette, linear to narrowly elliptic, up to 1 cm long, recurved; flowerheads solitary on each peduncle, straw-coloured probably finished. Many plants seen but only in the one bare patch

Tall evergreen tree with deeply fluted trunk, bark grey, smoothish to flaking; in riverine woodland.

Chopped tree to 4 m high, in secondary scrub in degraded/logged woodland/forest.

Small shrubby tree