Records determined by Jan Van Bel

Determinations: 69

The following is a list of the records determined by Jan Van Bel 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
125310Acacia abyssinica subsp. calophylla7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1492

-17.77181831.1123287
125305Acacia abyssinica subsp. calophylla7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare11Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77354231.1120117
122509Acacia gerrardii var. gerrardii22 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1521

-17.80017431.0559837
125166Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Mainly planted trees in small shopping centreWillowmead Shops, Rolf Valley, Harare11Zimbabwe1731C3C1499

-17.76737331.1110937
125165Acacia sieberiana var. woodii7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Mainly planted trees in small shopping centreWillowmead Shops, Rolf Valley, Harare11Zimbabwe1731C3C1498

-17.76729031.1111307
125235Acacia sieberiana var. woodii7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77163531.1122837
125135Albizia amara subsp. sericocephala30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1495

Large trees

-17.84448931.0841387
125255Albizia gummifera7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1486

-17.77412631.1117487
125108Allophylus africanus30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1496

-17.84314631.0858187
125333Anthocleista grandiflora7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1499

-17.76802931.1116886
125175 (cultivated)Bougainvillea sp. cultivar (cultivated)7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In street and/or adjacent gardensWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1499

-17.76719631.1107247
125205Caesalpinia decapetala7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1496

-17.76848831.1118757
125241Carissa spinarum7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77192431.1121927
125236Carissa spinarum7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77171431.1122817
125160Carissa spinarum7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Mainly planted trees in small shopping centreWillowmead Shops, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1496

-17.76733131.1112957
125307 (cultivated)Cascabela thevetia (cultivated)7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1491

-17.77249531.1122037
125163Celtis africana7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Mainly planted trees in small shopping centreWillowmead Shops, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1498

-17.76729031.1111307
125144Celtis africana30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1491

-17.84602631.0836597
125280Croton megalocarpus7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In adjacent gardenWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1496

-17.77833931.1107997
122540Dalbergia nitidula8 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1517

-17.79924031.0538807
125303 (cultivated)Delonix regia (cultivated)7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77354231.1120117
125123Dichrostachys cinerea30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1489

-17.84492231.0828357
125285Dracaena steudneri7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In adjacent gardenWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1494

-17.77779731.1111597
128164Dysphania ambrosioides16 Apr 2025J Van Bel
J Van Bel MA Hyde In a gardenRidgeview, Harare10Zimbabwe1730D4C1449

It could have been introduced even as a food source when a caretaker was having a small garden there; now I see it in different places. - JvB, 16 April 2025.

-17.84221730.9987667
123940Entada abyssinica14 May 2024J Van Bel
J Van Bel In gardenRidgeview, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1449

-17.84221730.9987667
123642 (cultivated)Eriobotrya japonica (cultivated)14 Nov 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C1516

-17.80144231.0549937
125281 (cultivated)Eriobotrya japonica (cultivated)7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In adjacent gardenWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1496

-17.77833931.1107997
122546Erythrina abyssinica8 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1520

-17.80165931.0560667
124777Fagaropsis angolensis12 Mar 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1529

Readily recognisable by its very pale green leaves.

-17.79827731.0537777
123363Fagaropsis angolensis31 Oct 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1526

In yellow flower

-17.79827831.0537727
122549Fagaropsis angolensis1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1523

Unusually large, c. 7 m tall.

-17.79858031.0543187
124776Fagaropsis angolensis5 Mar 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel WoodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1521

-17.80122831.0549027
100829Ficus cyathistipula subsp. cyathistipula6 Apr 2019MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Gardens1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1525

-17.79901031.0554527
124728Ficus ingens17 Mar 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In rocky woodlandChriston Bank, Mazowe Botanical Reserve70Zimbabwe1731C1C1370

-17.58813431.0113537
123356Ficus lutea31 Oct 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1517

-17.80102031.0534077
122551Ficus lutea1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1516

-17.80293031.0542187
122552Ficus lutea22 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1511

-17.80291531.0542107
125294Ficus lutea7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1491

With some minute aerial roots off the trunk

-17.77628231.1117787
122937Ficus lutea5 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1517

-17.80297831.0542057
124980Gardenia ternifolia subsp. jovis-tonantis var. goetzei2 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Rather weedy area at woodland edgeNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1525

-17.80009731.0568697
125299 (cultivated)Grevillea robusta (cultivated)7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In adjacent gardenWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1488

-17.77553331.1119157
122921Jasminum fluminense5 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C1514

Plants with many black fruit

-17.80034931.0522297
125240Kigelia africana subsp. africana7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77192431.1121927
125226Kigelia africana subsp. africana7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In adjacent gardenWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1493

-17.77038731.1125337
125179Lantana camara7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

-17.76739831.1110087
122563Leucaena leucocephala1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C1517

-17.80288031.0541147
125295Leucaena leucocephala7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1488

-17.77591031.1119607
122935Leucaena leucocephala5 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1518

Very tall specimen

-17.80281131.0536867
122567Maerua angolensis1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1522

-17.79964331.0551547
125194Newtonia buchananii7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In adjacent gardenWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1499

-17.76788431.1115247
122577Ochna schweinfurthiana29 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1518

-17.80013731.0523877
125132Opuntia ficus-indica30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1491

-17.84539331.0833207
122583Pericopsis angolensis29 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1533

-17.79908031.0541647
122582Pericopsis angolensis22 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1523

-17.79960431.0547997
125213Persea americana7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1493

-17.76908931.1121447
123656Persea americana14 Nov 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1520

Old tree. Bark strongly vertically furrowed

-17.80219931.0549767
122985Persea americana12 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1515

-17.80221631.0550087
125117Phoenix reclinata30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1487

-17.84347131.0837067
125164Phoenix reclinata7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Mainly planted trees in small shopping centreWillowmead Shops, Rolf Valley, Harare11Zimbabwe1731C3C1498

-17.76729031.1111307
125100Piliostigma thonningii30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open groundBy the stables, Mukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,22Zimbabwe1731C3C1498

-17.83591331.0904387
125244Piliostigma thonningii7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77192431.1121927
122584Pittosporum viridiflorum1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C1525

A common understory shrub in the Botanic Garden.

-17.79825731.0543977
122585Pittosporum viridiflorum29 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1524

Shrub in flower.

-17.79829231.0546107
124977Pittosporum viridiflorum2 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Rather weedy area at woodland edgeNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C1519

-17.80101631.0567327
125288 (cultivated)Prunus persica (cultivated)7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1494

Bearing a parasite, probably Globimetula mweroensis

-17.77721631.1113987
122596Senna singueana8 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1519

-17.80160531.0560847
122920Shirakiopsis elliptica5 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1514

-17.80037831.0522097
122598Stellaria media8 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Weed in shade houseNursery section, Botanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C1512

-17.80249331.0542637
125330Tithonia rotundifolia7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1499

-17.76787831.1115857


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