Records made by Tony Alegria

Shrub with tuberculate pods and paripinnate leaves. Originally ID'ed as A. schimperi africanus

In fruit

Climber with striking fruits

Climber

Thorns very short and difficult to see

Leaves with very noticeable large stipules

Young leaves with prominent stipules

Flowering getting under way

Leaves as wide as long (fleckii narrower).

Pictures taken to show the pale, peeling branchlets,. Sometimes with a greenish underbark.

In full flower

Very tall trees.

Flowering when leafless; buds red.

In flower

Paired straight thorns, very prominent cushions, flowers white balls, 6-8 pairs of pinnate; rhachis grooved.

Exceptionally large specimen

Curved thorns; flowers pure white in spikes

In full flower

Several fine trees

Trunk peeling with green underbark. Pods with nipples (not seen on this occasion)

Bark strong green colour

Flowering when leafless; buds red.

Poss black, mostly scarcely indented, but a few were indented.

Somewhat unexpected plant!

Bark strongly peeling; thorns in 3s.

Tree with extraordinary curved pods in extreme cases almost circular; an effect of some gall or disease.

Pods coiled because of an insect

This tree was planted on 11 October 1991 by Queen Eliziabeth.

Single plant looking well naturalised

In flower

Flowers white.

In flower

New inflorescences in bud

Large tree, in next door's garden.

A planted baobab at a rather higher altitude than they would naturally occur. This specimen shows that reasonable sizes can be attained and that these plants flower and produce fruit.

Labelled Brachystegia evrycoma (eurycoma perhaps intended) but clearly Afzelia from the flowers.

In flower

Abundant and in flower in stream bed

Small white-flowered plants

Flowers white

Flowers white (purple also present)

A single tree with broad canopy; in flower, but flowers going over.

Planted?

Not sure if planted or not

Stamens white with pink tips; (4-)5 pairs pinnae; c. 8 pairs of leaflets; 8 trees some very large.

Many specimens of this species at Chapungu'