Collections made by Kruger

Records: 23

The following is a list of the records made by Kruger in species name order. The records are of species which occur in malambique (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
93074Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum20 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 92 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31043

Climber; Notes: Climber. Flowers grow on long shoots with 2 cm long stalks. White flowers, 6 petals, 1 pair of tendrils, a flower stalk just beneath flowers. Leaves imparipinnate with 2 pairs of leaflets and a single leaflet at apex, margins of leaflets serrate. Stem green to reddish, whole plant covered in fine short hairs. Not common.

-17.95306022.1033305
93315Combretum apiculatum subsp. leutweinii21 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 94 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi: Popa Falls camp.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4998

Notes: Stem velvety and dark brown. Leaves opposite, obovate and velvety. Stipules present, petiole 1 cm long. Veins prominent beneath leaves. Fruit light green, 4 winged capsules, velvety.

-17.88278022.8747205
93136Commelina africana24 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 141 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi: Mukwe District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41005

10 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Small shrub, 10 cm high. Stem herbaceous and green. Short soft hair on stem and leaves. Leaves sessile with sheath and lanceolate. Yellow flowers. Scattered in soft sandy white soil.

-17.97500022.4833305
93417Commelina zambesica23 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 125 RB Faden WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1988

Creeper; Notes: Herbaceous creeper-like plant. Purple flowers. Leaves sheathed. Short roots at nodes. Stems covered in short white hair. Grows in shade in sandy white soil.

-17.74917023.1608305
95510Cordylostigma virgatum22 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 115 S Schubert WIND
Caprivi: At Namibia-Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2976

20 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Herbaceous shrub, 20 cm high. Leaves opposite, lanceolate and sessile. Long hair at nodes. Stems round and green. Stems and leaves covered in fine hair. Flowers tiny tubes, 4 pink petals fused into tube, cream coloured mouth. Grows in shade.

-18.02611022.9577802
95494Enicostema axillare subsp. axillare22 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 116 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Along Namibia - Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2976

15 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Tiny herbaceous shrub, 10 - 15 cm high. Stem herbaceous and green, some are squared. Leaves sessile, linear, light grey in colour, velvety below and shiny on top. Flowers in a whorl in leaf axils, sessile, 5 linear petals fused into a tube and yellow centre. Rare. Grows in omuramba in white sandy soil.

-18.02611022.9577802
95004Evolvulus alsinoides var. alsinoides19 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 71 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A11069

Shrub; Notes: Small herbaceous shrub, 30-40 cm high. Flowers tiny tubes with purple petals and cream coloured mouth. Stigma and stamens protruding. Fruit a capsule, carried on long stalk. Leaves lanceolate and sessile. Covered in dense hair below. Stems covered in long white hair and grows from centre of plant. Found in semi-shade in well-drained soil. Scattered.

-18.00111021.0591702
95445Evolvulus alsinoides var. alsinoides24 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 144 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A21018

20 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Tiny shrub, 20 cm high, scattered. Light purple flowers carried on 2 cm long stalk from axil of leaf. Cream coloured centre, pistils and stamens. Leaves alternate, sessile and lanceolate. Leaves and stems covered in long white hair. White sandy soil next to road.

-18.01750022.3986102
93432Gisekia africana23 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 129 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi: Katima Mulilo District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1988

Shrub; Notes: Tiny shrub, 15 cm high. Stems light brown. Leaves opposite, clustered, lanceolate with entire margins. Pink flowers carried in bundles, 5 petals, cream coloured pistil and stamens. Common in white sandy soil in shade.

-17.74917023.1608305
93353Heliotropium ovalifolium21 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 97 D Lutombi WIND
Found in pan-like area in clay soil. Rare.Caprivi, Mukwe District0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41000

Herbaceous shrub, 0.40-0.30 m high. Flowers carried in spike-like inflorescence. 5 white petals with yellow mouth, tubular. Flowers carried on one side of spike. Fruits, small, four lobed capsules. Leaves obovate, covered in long hair on both sides of leaf, alternate. Stem green and covered in bristle hairs.

-17.84638922.9061115
93356Hibiscus caesius21 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 100 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4994

Shrub; Notes: 1 m tall shrub. Flower have 5 yellow petals with deep maroon centre, stamens orange and carried on spike. Flower stalk covered in long spikey hairs. Leaves opposite, palmately compound with 5 leaflets, lanceolate with serrate margins. Stipules present. Stems green and purple coloured on one side, somewhat herbaceous to lightly woody. Grows in white sandy soil.

-17.85667022.9105605
93357Hoslundia opposita22 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 104 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Mukwe District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4999

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Small shrub, 1 m high. Stems woody. Leaves opposite, obovate, velvety. Flowers carried on tips of plant, white petals. Grows in stony to sandy soil.

-17.90806022.9025005
95512Lantana angolensis22 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 113 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi Strip: Mukwe District: grows at Namibia-Botswana border, in clay omuramba.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2988

Shrub; Notes: Herbaceous shrub, 35-40 cm high. Stems squarred. Whole plant covered in short bristle hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate with 1 cm long petiole. Margins serrate. Flowers in bundles growing in 1 cm long stalks, 3 light purple petals, cream coloured centre. Fruits purple capsules. Rare.

-18.02722022.9619402
95533Merremia tridentata subsp. angustifolia22 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 107 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2993

Creeper; Notes: Creepeing herbaceous plant. Yellow trumpet shaped flowers with 5 fused petals and light green sepals. Leaves near sessile, ovate and with entire to biserrate margins. Undersurface of leaves covered in bristle hair. Fruit a round capsule. Grows in well-drained soil on plain next to road.

-18.00611022.9469402
93373Nidorella resedifolia subsp. resedifolia S Kruger
S Kruger 147 S Schubert WIND
Caprivi: Mukwe District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41093

40 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Small shrub, 40 cm high. Flowers round, yellow balls, in bundles at tips of new growth, compound. Leaves sessile and alternate, margin entire to toothed. Stem herbaceous and covered in long white hairs. Clay to sandy soil. Common.

-17.85667022.9105605
93448Peltophorum africanum23 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 134 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi: Katima Mulilo District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1994

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m high. Bark brown, stipules present on stems. Slightly velvety to velvet on young shoots. Compound leaves bipinnate with 11 pairs of pinnae. Fruits elliptic capsules, yellow. No flowers. Growing in well-drained white sand. Scattered.

-17.74750023.1469405
95461Peltophorum africanum24 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 145 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi: Mukwe District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A21020

Notes: Tree, 5-7 m tall. Light brown bark. Young shoots covered in soft brown hair. Bipinnate leaves with 7 pairs of pinnae. Stipules present. No flowers. Fruits elliptic legumes with wings. Common, grows in sandy white soil.

-18.02500022.3408302
93115Solanum campylacanthum 'incanum type'01 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 89 S Schubert WIND
Caprivi: Mukwe District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C31038

Shrub; Notes: Small herbaceous shrub. Flowers purple with 5 petals bending backwards, pistils bright yellow. Petals fused. Leaves opposite to alternate, oblanceolate, hairy on both sides, bicolored. Tiny spines present on petiole and midvein beneath leaf surface. Stems green and covered in bristle hair. No fruits. Growing in well-drained, sandy loam soil along fire-break. Common.

-17.98250022.1033305
95465Solanum campylacanthum 'incanum type'24 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 142 D Lutombi WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Mukwe District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A21017

50 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 50 cm high. Stem light grey. Young shoots, leaves and petioles covered in short yellow bristle hair. Leaves opposite, elliptic with tapering base and apex, velvety. Purple flower with 5 fused petals bending backwards to reveal yellow stamens. Petals wrinkled. Scattered, grows in omuramba in sandy soil.

-18.00778022.4213902
93391Striga bilabiata21 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 98 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4992

Parasite; Notes: Root parasite 30 cm high. Grows in base of grass bundles. Flowers light pink to purple, tube like. Corolla tube covered in fine hair. Leaves linear to lanceolate, opposite and very rough to touch, green. Found in pan-like area in omuramba next to road.

-17.84639022.9061105
93455Terminalia sericea23 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 135 D Lutombi WIND
Caprivi: Katima Mulilo District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1994

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m high. Light grey stem to light brown on young shoots. Leaves elliptic, light green-grey, in clusters, sessile. Midveins prominent below. No flowers. Fruits light red, capsules oval and have a wing. Grows in white sandy soil. Scattered.

-17.74694023.1305605
93457Tragia okanyua23 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 123 S Rügheimer WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1988

Creeper; Notes: Creeper, herbaceous. Stems covered with short dense hairs. Leaves carried on 5 cm long petioles, hastate with serrate margins, alternate. Stipules present. Flowers carried in a raceme, fluffy balls. Young growth tips curls around the plants. Grows in shade in sandy white soil.

-17.74917023.1608305
93399Tricliceras lobatum21 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger 95 MM Hochobes WIND
Caprivi: Mukwe District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4998

10 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Tiny herbaceous shrub, 10 cm high. Stem green and velvety. Leaves sessile, opposite to alternate, lanceolate, bicoloured, margin entire. Yellow tubular flowers, 5 petals, 3 cm long stalks. Common in well-drained loamy sandy soil in semi-shade.

-17.88278022.8747205


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Collections made by Kruger.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=1101, retrieved 28 March 2024

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