Records made by Jonathan Timberlake

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

Arvore, caule rugosa, folhas recompostas,

A yellow flowered bulbous plant. Only one plant seen.

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Perennial herbs up to 70 cm high with a fan of sword-shaped leaves overlapping at the base; inflorescence shortly branched; flowers deep blue. Several specimens seen

Shallow-roted herb to 1.3m. Leaves sheathing like Iris; base of leaves swollen, curved forwards. Flowers scattered up flowering shoots, open, non-tubular, bright blue. Ovary swollen. Very local.

Very common

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Scrambling herb; stems woody, phyllodes quite prickly. No flowers/fruits.

Tufted fern to 20 cm on forest floor.

One specimen seen

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

BR specimen-sheet1 and BR specimen-sheet2

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iNaturalist record

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

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.

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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.

Herb with Yellow flowers. A few plants seen in the vicinity.

Shrub to 2 m high, on top of rocky outcrop. Moist forest. Some old flowers. Red fruits small leaved. Local, only ones [sic] seen.

Creeping herb to 70 cm. Stem green but red at base. Very hairy lvs. Inflr 15 cm long, terminal. Growing with Zehneria.

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

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

Pink flowers with distinctive blue anthers. Stem purplish, with white hairs on stems. Some less hairy forms also seen. Locally common.

Petals pink and anthers blue with succulent stem. All flowers terminal. Up to 20 cm tall. A few plants seen.

iNaturalist record

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

On margin of open miombo woodland and open seasonal waterlogged valley.-x000D- Erect, bright green. Large linear bracts surrounding the inflorescence. Inflorescence large yellow-white. Leaves flattened. Common.-x000D- Photos: 1940 [?2940], 2941, Occurrence: comm

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

Grass to 40cm,tufted, hard to dig out. Inflorescence very narrow, purple-tinged, anthers hanging out. When seeding, glumes opening widely, very hairy, whitish.

Tree to 4 m. Long spicate axillary inflorescence, greenish-white with yellow anthers. Many ants farming scale insects.

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

Terrestrial orchid to c. 30 cm tall, largely leafless; swollen white rootstock. Tepals pink, short rounded spur yellowish, throat white with mauve speckling, labellum with brownish central area.

Small annual herbs, up to 20 cm high; flowers yellow with winged calyces. only few plants seen

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.

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.

Tree. Large leaves with long petioles. Gully forest between two inselbergs.

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

Yellow-flowered form

Many large trees common.

iNaturalist record

iNaturalist record

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

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

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.

Small tree to 4 m. Large leaves. Axillary fruits with long sepals.

In fruit

Tufted fern, no fertile fronds

Shrub to 2 m. Glossy unequal leaves. Flowers in axillary inflorescence, small, white.

Tufted perennial with grey-green foliage; pale yellow-brown spikelets.

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

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.

Herb about 30 cm tall. Flowers lilac with 3 petals. Anthers and stigma exposed when in full bloom. Lateral roots. Leaves with parallel veins with a reddish green upperside.

iNaturalist record

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

Small tree to 4m. Branches and leaves lax, leaves leathery. Terminal inflorescence of small white flowers.

Terrestrial orchid about 30 cm tall. Flowers yellow with reddish and bright yellow centre. Leaves with parallel dark-green veins. Lateral roots developing from bulb.

Evergreen fleshy shrub to 2 m. Leaves large, with large enclosing stipules. Fruits axillary, shaped like figs.

iNaturalist record

Small herb with toothed trifoliolate leaves. Like a Trifolium but with single, large blue flowers

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

Semi-succulent herb on rock on forest margin, in shade, in high altitude moist evergreen forest.

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

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

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

Rhachis winged more than 1/2 way, sori longer than wide

Small epiphytic orchid up to 12 cm high; pseudobulbs yellowish, short, ovoid; leaves 1-2; inflorescences terminal on pseudobulbs densely flowered but all in fruit

Terrestrial orchid with thick fleshy roots and no visible pseudobulbs. leaves relatively long and pointed not fleshy, drying. Flowers Deep pink.

Mostly leafless terrestrial orchid with terminal flowers, pink; pseudobulbs and thick roots mostly underground. fairly frequent throughout

Creeping epiphytic or epilithic orchid with pseudobulbs. Leaves strongly purplish.

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 250, 2011.

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

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

In fruit.

iNaturalist record

iNaturalist record

In fruit

Pendulous stems growing from rock crevices, some young stems spiny. Fruits white, fleshy.

Succulent herb, no leaves. Fruits small, green.

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

Shrub to 2m. Leaves light green. Inflorescences clustered, terminal and axillary, flowers white with long extruding stigmas.

BR specimen Bulbous herb to 30cm. Bulb covered in fibres, yellowish when cut open; roots fleshy. Basal leaves semi-succulent. Dense terminal raceme of white (blue-tinged) flowers; flowers very open, on-tubular; anthers dark grey-blue. Pollinated by bees.

iNaturalist record

Solitary. Erect herb to 40 cm. Single stem. Pale green leaf. Sightly succulent. Bright yellow fls. Short roots.

Sessile lvs, dark green on top but pale on bottom. Slightly succulent. White latex. Pale stem. Green fls. Locally common.

Capim com cerca de 1m de altura, raizes fasciculada, aglomerado mais de 5 planta num solo fertil

iNaturalist record

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