Sample image from the Malawi flora
 | Our current sample image is of Chlorophytum sphacelatum var. milanjianum. Click on the thumbnail image to see the full image or click on the species name to find out more. Reload the page to see further images of Malawian plants. |
About the website
This site provides information about the flowering plants and ferns of Malawi. This is one of 6 e-floras which cover the Flora Zambesiaca area in south-central Africa. Five countries are now covered, namely Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The 6th e-flora deals with the Caprivi Strip, which is part of Namibia.
The principal contributors to the site are Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Meg Coates Palgrave and Mark Hyde.
As of today, Sunday, 27 May 2018, we have 4,807 native or naturalised species in the database for Malawi. There are 18,981 images for 2,459 species, of which 2,436 are native or naturalised and 23 are purely cultivated.
The Site history page gives an overview of site development. There is also a Frequently Asked Questions page.
View recently edited pages
As a guide to where to look for new content, below are details of some of the most recently updated pages. Further recently updated species may be found on this page.
| Date | Species |
| 24 May 2018 | Afrocanthium racemulosum var. racemulosum |
| 23 May 2018 | Inhambanella henriquesii |
| 22 May 2018 | Megastachya mucronata |
| 20 May 2018 | Vigna unguiculata |
| 19 May 2018 | Combretum pisoniiflorum |
| 18 May 2018 | Euclea natalensis subsp. obovata |
| 16 May 2018 | Rhynchosia divaricata |
| 16 May 2018 | Chlorophytum sphacelatum var. milanjianum |
| 10 May 2018 | Sclerochiton kirkii |
| 26 Apr 2018 | Pupalia micrantha |
Mark Hyde |
Bart Wursten |
Petra Ballings |
Meg Coates Palgrave |
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mahyde(at)gmail.com |
ndundu(at)zol.co.zw |
ballings.petra(at)telenet.be |
megcp(at)zol.co.zw |
Sunday, 27 May 2018
