Records made by Coleen Mannheimer

Annual sedge. Red sandy plain. Common.

Annual sedge. Red sandy plain. Common.

Annual sedge. Red sandy plain. Common.

Creeper; Notes: In dark grey sandy soil. Exposure: semi-shade. Uncommon. Flowers: in axillary and terminal sprays; petals 4, creamy-white, anthers numerous; very attractive, with lovely perfume. Leaves: compound, imparipinnate, serrate - crenate and lobed. Branches opposite.

1500 cm high; Tree; Notes: Tree. Height: 1500 cm. Leaves: ovate lanceolate, glabrous, dark green, leathery, fascicled. Stems and bark: twigs opposite. Fruits and seed: in small axillary and terminal clusters. Hard green berries, ovate with pointed tip. Ovary does not seem to be inferior. Fulls un, occasional.

Shrub; Notes: Exposure: full sun. Perennial. Uncommon. Height: 1 m. Leaves: opposite, olive green, very hairy, soft to touch, serrate. Stem greenish white, very pubescent. Fruit 3-locular, green. Other: loamy sandy soil. Along road verge.

Notes: Growing in black/dark grey loamy soil together with Sesbania sp. and a creeping Cucurbitaceae. Up to 50 cm high shoots above soil surface, sprouting frequently, but localized. Single reddish fruit in axils.

Leaves absent

Robust twiner

Perennial subshrub growing in road verge.

Perennial subshrub growing in road verge.

170 cm high; Notes: Exposure: full sun. Annual. Localized. Flowers: quite small for Hibiscus, creamy yellow, 4 cm in diameter when open; centre dark purple. Calyx glandular. Epicalyx lobes appear to be 7. Leaves: 3-lobed. Other: erect, sturdy annual.

1 m high; Notes: 1 m High single-stemmed plants in high grasses, mainly Vetiveria species. Pure white flower with white recurved stigmas over yellow anthers. Single flowers on long petiole. Fruit capsule covered by yellow bristles.

Shrub; Notes: Exposure: full sun. Perennial. Relatively common. Height: 2 m. Flowers: axillary buds. Leaves: alternate, soft, pubescent, whitish green. Stipules present. Stems and bark: brown, hairy. Other: sandy soil along road verge.

Notes: In sandy shallow depression next to seasonal pan.

Notes: In dark grey clay on plain.

800 cm high; Tree; Notes: Perennial tree, 800 cm high. Leaves: 5-veined from just above base. Fruits and seed: fruit deep purple-black, ripe. Other: trees 8-10 m tall, all seed was collected from a single tree. Very attractive tree. Occasional.

1000 cm high; Tree; Notes: Occurrence: common. Leaves: obovate, tapering at base, rounded apex, fascicled on side - shoots, dark green. Young leaves a bit puberulous, even a bit ciliate at the margin. Fruits and seed: seeds winged, ripe, squarish in outline, red becoming brown.

Shrub; Notes: Perennial shrub. Height: 1 m. Occurrence: abundant. Flower: flowerheads purple, terminal clusters. Leaves: alternate, margin serrate, grey-green, hairy. Other: sandy soil along road verge. Exposure: full sun.