Records made by Hermenegildo Matimele

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

Inflorescences lax with long spicate branches, resembling A. ukamensis but stems all prostrate with leaves apparently clustered on short branchlets and flowers with lower lip reflexed, indicating A. serpiculoides

Very sticky grandular, aromatic, shrubby herb, up to 50 cm high; leaves greyish green; inflorescences terminal, branched; flowers white with purple spots on upper lip. Numerous specimens seen at collection site; common in the area but most specimens more depauperate than collected ones.

Shrub up to 2 m tall, green leaves upface, pale underneath. Fruits dark green.

Small ericoid shrub, up to 80 cm high, densely set with sharply pointed leaf-like modified stipules; flowers mostly near the ends of branches, golden yellow with reddish veining.On specimen at collection site but generally frequent in the area.

A shrub, up about 51cm tall. Yellow flowers with very big stipules.

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.

A branching Aloe with a 50cm long inflorescence. Some leaves have a red tint, especially near the tip. Tips of the leaves curl backwards.

Growing with stunted Podocarpus latifolius

50 cm shrub, with 1 m inflorescence stalk, orange flowers. One individual seen locally

Erect herb up to 90 cm high; leaves crowded near the base; flowering stem purple brown, hairy; flowers creamy white with a heart of yellow stamens. One specimen see at collection site but occasional in the area

Herb 1 m, white sunlight flowers like, maroon stems, hairy stems.

iNaturalist record

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

Scrambling herb; branches up to 1 m long, reddish, with long, whitish, spreading hairs; flowers violet. Several specimens at collection site; generally frequent in the area

Virgate shrub c. 1,7 m tall. One specimen seen at collection site; frequent in the area.

Small shrub up to 1.7 m tall, branching and densely leave above; leaves linear; flowers in axillary clusters greenish-yellow very small. Several specimens at collection site; locally frequent in the area.

Growing together with other ericoid vegetation such as Helychrysum, Polygala, Erica pleiotricha and stunted Podocarpus.

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.

Herb, green long and narrow leaves, fruits brownish green, stems green, milky latex

Herb to 20cm. Linear leaves. Flowers in nodding terminal and axilliary heads; deep pink with white markings. One specimen seen in flower.

Perennial herb, 60 cm tall, fruits green immature, turning red when ripe

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

One specimen seen

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

Somewhat fleshy herb; stems and branches bright red; leaves very asymmetric at the base, yellowish-greenwith reddish margins; fruit flreshy bright red, winged. One specimen seen at collection site; occassional in the area

Herb to 50 cm tall, brownish old stems and pale greenish younger ones. Leaves serrated, flowers white, axillary. Plant occurring on a flat plain wooded grassland with Syzygium cordatum, Dicerocaryum forbesii, Hyphaene sp.

Tree c. 7 m tall; leaves imparipinnate; fruit woody with a very wrinkled surface, c. 2 cm in diameter, splitting into 4 valves. One specimen seen at collection site

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

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.

Distinctive corky bark, reveailing bright orange nderbark when damaged.

Terestrial herb, c. 30 cm high; flowers in dense terminal inflorescence, pale mauve-pink with darker markings; spur darker purplish, curved. Two specimens seen

Erect perennial herb to 40 cm. Growing in patches. Thin stem, reddish. Thin leaves. Purple fls.

Erect herb up to 40 cm high; leaves in a basal rosette, appressed to the soil; flowering stem sparsely branched towards the top, leafless except for one pair of small bract-like spreading leaves; flowers mauve. Common in the collection site

Erect annual herb to 15 cm. Reddish stem. Basal rosette of lvs. Violet fls. Terminal infl. Scattered.

Unbranched herbs up to 40 cm high; leaves mostly near the base and on the lower stem; flowers in a short, dense terminal head, mauve-purple, densely white hairy in the corolla throat. Common at this site

Very long inflorescences in fruit.

low-level epiphyte iNaturalist record

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

Small, slender tree, c. 2.5 m tall; stem with straight spines in whorls of 3; leaves dark green, leathery; fruit irregularly 2-lobed, mottled green. Only one specimen seen

Small tree, 2 m tall, leaves green, blackish stems, flowers white, fruits blackish unripe, turning black when ripe.

HOLOTYPE
Slender climbing herb with stems up to 60 cm long; milky sap present; leaves filiform to linear; flowers solitary, axillary, up to 2 cm long; basal swelling creamy yellow, corolla tube increasingly streaked with dark purple towards the top; lobes erect, forming a cage, dark purple, densely set with long spreading hairs. Only one specimen seen

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

Lamina set with long white hairs

Splendid colony of flowering specimens

Several shrublets both male (in flower) and female (in fruit).

Several shrublets both male (in flower) and female (in fruit).

Several shrublets both male (in flower) and female (in fruit).

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.

Robust, somewhat fleshy herb, densely white woolly al over; no flowers or fruit present. One specimen at collection site; generally fairly frequent in the area

One plant flowering out of season

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.

Perennial herb c. 55 cm high; flowers in terminal inflorescence; flowers finished. Several plants in collection area; generally fairly common

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).

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

Tussock sedge-like plant to 1m high. Brown banding by nodes. Inflorescence dark brown. local clump frequent in the area

Only one plants seen in flower. 1.5 m tall.

Tall herb to 1.5m. Culms round in x-section. Leaves mostly basal, smooth; basal culm swollen, surounded by old laee sheaths. Some plants with dangling yellow anthers, others with erect whitish stigmas. locally common

Erect herb to 40 cm. Succulent. Multiple white fls.

Succulent with very thick leaves and white flowers growing in clumps. A few plants flowering now. A few plants seen here.

Suculent herb, 50 cm tall, yellowish green stems as well as leaves, yellowish white flowers

Small, somewhat succulent herb branching from the base c. 12 cm high; branches densely leafy; flowers in axils of leaves, greenish.

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.

Shrub to 1 m tall, yellow flowers, fruits pale green, brownish stems.

Yellow flowers with some brown streaks on the lip. Very small dark green trifoliate leaves. The keel not twisted.Up to 15 cm high.

Succulent herb to 50 cm with red berries on a flattened stem. Sheathing at base. Solitary.

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.

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

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

Small yellowish flowers, reddish stem and green fruits. Ripe fruits black. only few specimens seen

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).

Creeping annual herb. Flr pale purple-whitish, axillary. Lvs hairy.

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

Ground orchid to 40 cm. Light pink infls spotted with darker pink at throat with dark spot at tip of petals. Spur almost white. . Lvs green on top with reddish/purple underleaf.

Terestrial herb to 20 cm. White fls. Tight infl. Stem horizontal with infl turning vertically. Tuber.

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

Branched small woody shrubs, up to 75 cm high, leaves very rough to the tough, mostly brownish and deep green; inflorescences terminal, pyramydal, branched; all flowers finished only bare inflorescence branches with persistent remaining calyces left. Extensive colony seen at collection site

Shrub, c.1.7m tall; leaves dark green,tinged purple-brown, with rough hairs on the upper surface, paler green below ; not flowering. Only the one specimen seen

Very spiny evergreen tree to 6 m tall, in degraded Parinari plateau woodland.

Small herbs with a rosette of spathulate leaves apressed to the soil; leaves up to 2.5 cm long, often tinged purple-red, covered in stalked sticky glands.

Small evergreen tree 2-3 m tall, bark rough dark brown; growing in riparian scrub forest on outer edge of alluvial floodplain of the Rovuma River.

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).

Erect somewhat shrubby herb, up to 65 cm high, woody at the base; all parts with dense, spreading whitish hairs giving the plant a very glaucous look; flowers in tight globose heads, terminal on short side branchlets, pink, tubular. Several specimens seen at colection site; generally occasional in the area

Scrambling small shrubs, growing over other vegetation; leaves in whorls of 3; flowers in clusters, together forming long dense terminal inflorescences; corolla bright pink. One cluster of specimens seen at collection site; generally fairly frequent in the area.

Growing with other shrubs and herbs such as Helichrysum, Anthospermum vallicola, etc

Shrub to 1 m tall, leaves green, tiny, young stems hairy, flowers pale pinkish. Common locally.

Shrub to 2 m tall. Heavily branched. Flrs red. Locally common.

Dwarf shrub, c. 25 cm high, growing as a lithophyte and already flowering. Numerous tree-sized specimens of the same species near by.

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.