Records determined by Iain Darbyshire

Shrub to 3 m tall with spreading-ascending lateral branches. Male inflorescences below female ones, or some branches with male inflorescences only.

Woody herb to 1.5 m. Large toothed leaves, mostly terminal. Conspicuous clusters of axillary flowers in axils, often without leaves. Brilliant red curved flowers with extruding yellow stamens.

Monocot. about 30 to 40 cm tall, with white bulb like onion,yellow greenish flowers.

Scrambling shrub with arching branches. Leaves softly hairy, bright green. Female flowers with long red stigmas, elsewhere green. Fruits green, 3-lobed.

Male flowers of Darbyshire 878. Scrambling shrub with arching branches; inflorescence axes reddish, flowers minute, green.

In steep ravine, in thick leaf litter, bottom of stem orange, to purple further up; calyx light green; petals light orange; filaments lighter orange; stigma light green.

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 climber about 4 m tall, opposite leaves, inflorescence green, fruits green, red wine when ripe with yellowish pollen.

Shrublet c. 40 cm tall with numerous erect branches. Mostly over at this time of year.

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.

Arbusto 3m, caule liso castanho, folhas simples alternadas

Arbusto de 10m altura, caule verde acastanhado, folhas simples peninervias alternadas

Shrub or small tree to 3 m tall, several seen on rocks by river. Sterile voucher for identification.

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

iNaturalist record
This is a first record for Botswana.

Shrublet, 0.3 m high. Flower orange.

Small spiny shrub growing in sun at edge of thicket. Pale orange flowers. Growing in low thicket on a small outcrop at a spring. Canopy trees are Manilkara mochisia, Acacia robusta ssp. clavigera and Dalbergia melanoxylon

Flowers orange-yellow

UJ DNA No. UJ05051

Shrub, 0.8 m high. Flower pink.

Flowers yellow

Flowers purple to very pale white; growing where protected by spiny bushes

Very spiny sepals, 2 outer enormous. 4-lobed purple corolla.

Small plant ca. 40-50 cm high, growing in coastal woodland on sandy soils. Flowers mauve.

Herb 0.86 m tall with violet-blue flowers. Occasional.-x000D- Habitat: savanna on a limestone cliff-top. In level well-drained, stony gravel, in full sun. No biotic effect seen.

UJ DNA No. UJ04925

Along Metapiri River.-x000D- -x000D- UJ DNA No. UJ06974

UJ DNA No. UJ05022

Low shrub, c. 1 m tall, growing along edge of path. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

This is a herbaceous shrub, up to c. 1 m tall, occurring along forest margins. Stems and bracts spineless. All parts softly velvety. Flowers pale blue.

Flowers very pale lilac, almost white

Low shrub, mauve flowers; in dwarf coastal forest on coral rag.

Shrub to 1 m high; localised in light shade of dwarf coastal forest on coral rag. Flowers white.

Climber with red stems, greenish white flowers.

Tree about 5 to 7 m tall, grey bark white flowers, with aromatic smell.

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

Erect annual herb, delicate pink flowers with pale yellow throat.

Woodland vegetation.-x000D- -x000D- UJ DNA No. UJ06949

Arbusto com 8m de altura, caule amarelo esbranquissado, casca amarela, flores brancos.

Small tree to 5 m. New leaves but older fruits.

Shrub to 1.5 m; young growth. Flowers clustered in axils with leaves, petals cream-white, reflexed

Arvore de 6m altura, caule Preto acastanhado fruto pequeno circular 5mm de diametro, folhas simples alternadas

Annual herb, erect, sticky glandular.

Erect annual herb. Flowers purple with paler tube and throat.

Erect annual herb c. 60 cm tall. Corolla lobes blue-purple, tube and outside of lobes paler.

Erect annual with thread-like stems. Flower with 3-winged lilac receptacle, tepals minute, very pale lilac or white.

Shrub to 1 m high; ripe fruit yellow, glossy, shallowly trilocular; in understorey of forest patch, in a mosaic of open coastal Brachystegia/Uapaca nitida/Parinari curatellifolia woodland and evergreen forest patches centred on termitaria; in sandy s

Shrub 0.5-1 m tall, fruit yellowish, glossy; in mixed thicket/woodland on coastal sands. -x000D- -x000D- Species nova.

Shrub to 1 m high, in riverine forest in Berlinia woodland, on sandy soils.

Small (?evergreen) shrub with single stem (sometimes 2), to 1 m tall, fruit yellow, splitting to reveal seed covered in a scarlet aril; growing in sands in semi-deciduous coastal thicket-woodland mosaic; locally scattered to frequent.

Annual herb with many branches from a decumbent base. Tepals white, flower pink within.

Herb about 15 cms, white flowers.

Buttressed tree to 25 m, partly fallen. Shallow root plate. Bark lenticelled, foetid smell when cut. Leaves asymmetric at base. Fruits small, round, stalked.

Leaves with veins impressed above; inflorescences in terminal spikes,mostly still developing but some flowers found, shrivelled?, very narrow, 2-lipped, mauve-purple and whitish

Herb with fleshy white roots. Corolla barely opens, yellowish-green or yellow. Fruits green.

Monocot, about 10 to 15 cm tall, with white rhizomes, fasciculated roots, purple flowers.

Common at the collection site

Shrub with harsh spines. Sweet smelling sap when stem cut. Leaves bright green. A naturalised Citrus?

Shrub to 4 m tall. Leaves dark green and glossy above. Fruits green with fuscous short hairs; stigmas brown green.

Small tree to 3 m. Leaves hard, sclerophyllous, older ones with lichens on upper surface; very marked drip-tips.

Small understory tree to 4 m. Leaves glossy green, leathery, evergreen, margins entire.

Shrub about 2 m tall, green fruits splitting in 4 parts.

Climbing shrub with 'pegs', stem ?square. Leaves single, alternate, glossy. Terminal inflorescence with large bracts. Flowers with long tube, white, protruding curved stamens and stigma. Moth pollinated?

Arbusto verde de 2m altura com flores de 10 petalas branca acastanhada, folhas simples lanceolada, alternada e peninervias

Erect succulent perennial herb to 3 m tall, slender stiff stems. At this time, mainly over with new leaves emerging but a few stems with flowering spikes. Corolla pale pink.

Fleshy herb to 1.5 m by streamside. Stems and leaves spirally arranged. Terminal clustered inflorescence. Flowers opening singly, white with pink-maroon mouth; prominent yellow lines to hidden stamens.

Yellow flower from fleshy root; shoot also fleshy. Root more vertical than horizontal.

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

Up to 20 cm tall. Flowers small, yellow with reddish sepals. Large leaves at base, with smaller leaves looking like scales up the stem.

Suculent herb up to 20 cm tall, leaves in basal rosette, flowers white turning brown

Straggling shrub with pendulous branches. Young fruits only, green. Inflorescence supra-axillary.

Shrub. Flowers white, lobes recurved, stigma white, 2-lobed. Fruits green or with purplish tinge.

Arbusto de 6m alt, caule castanho liso de seiva doce, folhas simples opostas com estipula

Shrub to 2 m. Fleshy leaves. Small green fruits clustered in axils.

Trailing brittle-stemmed herb, stems strongly angular. Calyx lobes somewhat reflexed. Corolla: lower lip bright yellow, upper lip and tube yellow-brown.

Canopy tree to 15 m. Bark smooth. Slash slightly aromatic, yellow-green. Leaves with stellate hairs underneath.

Climber, with green leaves and greenish roots.

Herb with white flowers (4-5 petals), simple leaves with toothed margins

Shortly rhizomatous perennial herb; leaves distichous from base, with sharp margin. Flowers with sky-blue reflexed tepals; stamens yellow. Fruits juicy, metallic purple-blue, very striking.

Herb 0.35 m tall. Flowers white with purple markings. Rare.-x000D- Habitat: Grassland on a NW-facing mountain slope. In well-drained sand, in full sun. Biotic effect: roadside.

Flowers white, sometimes with a pinkish tinge

Shrub 60-80 cm tall, undershrub growing with Barleria repens (B&B 12895), undershrub in dwarf coastal forest on coral rag.

Rhizomatous herb with fan-shaped leaves, sometimes sending out long trailing runners with small elliptic leaves. Fruiting only, fruits green, on arching peduncles.

Large tree to 25 m, spreading, dbh 134.3 cm. Foliage evergreen; leaves lanceolate. Fruits solitary, green, with persistent calyx.

Shrub to 2.5 m tall, often smaller; dense foliage, many branches. Flowers c. 0.5 cm diam., 3 cream-coloured petals, pale green calyx.

Arbusto de 3,5 m, encontrado ao longo do rio, folha pequena lisa lanceolada, pessiolo peludo de 3mm.

Shrub to 1 m. Flowers large, bright mauve.

Woody herb to 30 cm. Terminal flowers with long protuberance.

Small tree about 4 m tall, terminal inflorescence, white flowers, yellowish green fruits.

Shrub or small tree 2-4 m tall. Fruits green with bronze-brown coloured hairs, 2-lobed.

Understory shrub to small tree. Twigs pale, young growth stems green. Leaves evergreen, glossy, unequal base, serrated margins.

Tree to 8 m, branches spreading. Bark furrowed, thin. Slash whitish; wood hard. Leaves with drip tip, somewht sclerophyllous, markedly serrate. Fruiting on stem; clusters of green hard fruits, c.1 cm long, somewhat warty.

Erect shrubby tree to 4 m tall, dense foliage, leaves held erect. Fls very small, yellowish.

Evergreen tree to 10 m tall; bark smooth, mottled grey. Occasional. In understorey of dry Guibourtia schliebenii/Brachystegia forest on sandy soils over conglomerates on north rim of low escarpment.

Tree to 4 m tall, with a dense crown; on margins of dry coastal sand forest dominated by Guibourtia schliebenii, the understorey dominated by Memecylon spp., Warneckea spp. and Strychnos spp.

Guibourtia - Pteleopsis dry forest.-x000D- Notes: Tree to 8 m, dbh 7 cm. Trunk straight, knobbly, wood hard, slash light brown. Bark very thin, streaky. Leaves evergreen, clustered, coriaceous, with pointed tips. 1st record for FZ.

Woodland vegetation.-x000D- -x000D- UJ DNA No. UJ06951

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

Woody shrub with minute scale-like leaves in whorls of 4; old flowers brownish, very small. Frequent throughout

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.

Shrub to 2.5 m, Flowers white, with whorl of white ?nectaries at base of petals; stamens white. Fruits glossy green.

Small tree or shrub, up to 3.5 m tall, dense foliage. Fruits green with pale green pedicels.

Shrub about 2 m tall, with grey stems, white flowers.

Small shrub, 50-100 cm tall. Creamy-white flowers.

Tree about 6 m tall, bark fissured, greyish white flowers.

Arvore de 8m, folhas simples lanceoladas

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.

Tree about 10 to 12 m tall, with white latex, fruits in terminal braches.

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.

Small tree to 3 m, sprawling. Leaves ovate, strongly pubescent. Young buds brown-pubescent.

Shrub to 2 m tall, at first with prostrate branches adpressed to the rock faces. Stems purplish, with white exudate. Figs green, sometimes reddish towards apex.

Arbusto de 3m altura, caule liso com seiva branca colante folhas simples alternadas

Small tree to c. 5 m tall; yellow exudate when cut. One damaged fruit seen, green, globose, with yellow exudate beneath skin, white within.

Creeping herb to 20 cm high, on path in shade, rooting at nodes. Leaves orbicular. Fruits hidden under leaves, soft, fleshy, 2-seeded, tomato-red. Seeds collected.

Shrub to 0.5 m, yellowish green leaves, flowers white with maroon calyx. Single individual seen.

A herb about 40 to 60 cm tall, with brown reddish bulb. Fine roots, with terminal inflorescence, pink flowers.

Fleshy herb to 150 cm from shallow flattened corm; roots fleshy. Leaves fleshy, pinnate. Flower arising from base, spathe cream with pale yellow spadix.

Plant 40 cm tall. Blue flower heads. Few plants seen

Decumbent herb, densely white-hirsute stems. Corolla lilac, anthers blackish.

Erect perennial herb with woody rootstock. Stems densely patent-white hirsute. Corolla lilac-blue, small.

Erect, branched shrubby herb, up to 1 m tall, leaves along the stems blue-grey, small; flowers in terminal corymbose heads, finished and dried. Several specimens seen at colection site; generally occasional in the area.

Type specimen; in bud

In bud

A parasite on Englerophytum magalismontanum. Both fruits and leaves reddish.

Shrub to 3.5 m of height, leaves green, fruits pale green. Common locally.

Herb c. 50 cm tall with spreading or trailing branches. Corolla deep pink; stamens yellow, outer stamens within purple spurs.

Erva toda ela verde que aparenta brobolhas raspantes, folhas, simples alternada, avermelhado na base da bainha

Small shrub about 2 m tall, with white flowers with good smell.

Trailing slender herb. Minute green flowers and fruit.

Aquatic herb with strong holdfast roots. Leaves feathery, stems rubbery.

Rubbery aquatic attached with holdfast to rocks. Plants exposed by lower water level now flowering, but with few leaves.

Small tree. Male inflorescences red-brown, flowers easily dislodged.

Small understorey tree to 5 m. Bark flaky. Young leaves flushing red. Fruits winged, yound developing ones still with bright red stigma.

Small tree to 3 m tall, dense foliage on lateral branches. Male flowers minute, red-green.

Arvore de caule muito forte e cascas fina, de cerca de 10m altura, pequenas folhas simples alternada

Scrambling herb, Dicliptera-like, with white flowers.

Perennial herb. Tepals green-yellow externally, bright yellow within; stamens with bright yellow anthers.

Perennial herb with fleshy white roots. Tepals bright yellow within, yellow-green externally.

Shrub about 1.5 m tall, only branches on E side of tree are flowering. Small white flowers. New leaves, branches and all petioles distinctly purple. One plant seen. Some roots exposed due to water eroding the stream bank. Some branches killed by fire.

Fleshy decumbent herb. Flowers deep pink throughout within, paler pink and with greenish tinge externally, spur green-pink. Fruit green. See sketch in field book plus photos.

Type specimen and so far single known collection.

Minute tufted herb, spikelets green.

Woody shrub to 1.5 m. Inflorescence racemose. Fruits green, bilocular.

Climbing twining herb. All dry clustered flower heads with ripe seed. Seed collected.

Erect herb to 1.5 m tall (usually less), stiff branches erect. Fruiting only; bracts pale green, inflorescences 1-sided.

Soft shrub to 2 m in understorey of mid-altitude forest. Flowers: pale yellow.

Almost abundantly common in the area.

Herb, 0.24 m tall; flowers white with purple venation. Occasional. No biotic effect seen. Cited in Flora Zambesiaca 8, 6: 215 (2015).

Herb up to 65 cm high with terminal branched inflorescences. Inflorescence branches spike-like with very grey hairy, overlapping, narrow bracts.

Herb about 1 m tall, flowers white.

Trailing or spreading herb. Bracts green, turning pale green. Plants mainly in fruit.

Succulent herb to 80 cm with yellow tubular fls. Hairy lvs and stem. Solitary.

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

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

Arvore de 6m, caulte preto branco, cascas carnudas de cor de vinho, folhas compostas alternadas imparpinuladas, fruto circular acastanhado

Shrublet, may become a liana. Dark orange-brown hairs on stems and buds.. Sterile voucher for identification.

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.

Trailing or decumbent herb, numerous radiating branches forming clumps; stems red. Flowers minute, red-brown.

Small bulbous herb; bulb white with slimy sap. Culms fleshy; flowers pale green with pinkish tinge to some tepals. Fruits pale green.

Monocot. about 15 to 20 cm tall, bulb with fasciculate roots, white purple flowers.

The oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate leaves and golden yellow stem indumentum previously separated the now synonymous L. sciaphila from more typical forms of L. scariosa.

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

Sprawling perennial herb from woody rootstock. Flowers white, anthers bright orange.

Shrub, 2 - 4 m tall, flowers greenish white, crushed leaves aromatic.

Leaflets 5; discolorous and with purple spots; stipular glands conspicuous.

Fleshy herb, decumbent stems to 50 cm tall. Corolla yellow, 4 petals. Fruits green.

Large tree to 15 m. Bark light coloured, smooth, with red slash. Leaves heart-shaped, somewhat peltate.

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

Arbusto de 5m altura, caule liso, folhas verde e vermelhas na sua epoca de caducidade, fruto circular verde

Shrubs to 1.5 m or small tree. Leaves with long petioles. Fruits on side shoots, reddish above.

Canopy tree to 22 m, dbh 64.2 cm; hardly buttressed. Bark rather thin, slightly pale, green-tinged, with raised lenticels that rub off like Celtis; very hard underneath. Slash dark red, darkening to maroon on exposure.

Large emergent tree to 25 m high, but taller in moist forest below. Bark pale, ?yellow-brown tinged, flaky. Slash deep red-maroon. Leaves large, leathery, evergreen, alternate.

Parasite with obtuse green leaves, inflorescence green.

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

Planta verde carnuda de cerca de 3m altura, folhas simples alternada paraleninevia, flores branca no topo da planta

Small tree, 3 to 5 m tall, milk latex present, inflorescence axillare, flowers in bud.

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.

iNaturalist record

Isolated tree to 25 m, dbh 109 cm. Planted? Bark grey-brown, flaking. Leaves dark green above, with distinct 3 veins from base.

Decumbent herb, stems fleshy, rooting at lower nodes. Corolla opens in late afternoon, lilac, petals reflexed, slightly darker towards base; tufts of purple hairs at base of stamens; filaments white, anthers purple.

A herb about 30 to 40 cm tall, with purple flowers, fruiting.

iNaturalist record

Shrub to 2.5 m tall, widely branched. Leaves sticky when pressed, glossy. In bud only, green.

Small tree or shrub, up to 3 m tall. Collected previously in bud only, here in full flower. Corolla white, 4-lobed, 4 long-exserted white stamens.

Small shrub about 2 to 4 tall, flowering but still in buds.

Small tree c. 3 m tall. Fruiting calyx and torus bright red and fleshy, monocarps dark green.