Collections made by Jonathan Timberlake

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.

Shrub to 2 m. Inflorescence terminal. Understorey of Guibourtia dry forest.-x000D- Biodiversity Survey of Coastal dry Forests in Northern Mozambique

Herb to 20cm. Yellow flowers. Dark green leaves, purplish stems

Edge of Guibourtia - Pteleopsis dry forest.-x000D- Notes: Large tree to 16 m, dbh 42 cm. Bark fissured, grey. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers white, thecae yellow. Pods (on ground) angular, dark brown. Locally common on dry forest margin.

Small tree to 5 m. Leaves sub-opposite. Inflorescence terminal. Fruits flattened, ± winged.

Tufted fern to 20 cm on forest floor.

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Tree to 12 m, canopy spreading. Bark light grey, corky, fissured, very few spines. Twigs soft. Leaflets paired, rounded, blue-green, fleshy. Young pods long, lime-green, longitudinally-furrowed, woody inside. Local. Berlinia woodland to low forest, w

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

Sub-canopy tree to 18 m, trunk tall, branching high. Slight curtaining on lower trunk. Bark greyish, pale with horizontal lenticels. Slash red-brown, thin. Saplings to 4 m. Leaves pinnate, leaflets sub-opposite, glossy green, leathery.

Small understory tree to 3 m. Bark smooth, dark. Leaves dark green, glossy.

Lithophytic fern on quartzite boulders in stream. Creeping robust rhizome. Fronds deeper blue-green; none fertile.

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Spreading tree to 4 or 8 m, sometimes with multiple stems. Bark smooth, light grey, heavily covered in lichens. Fine narrow leaflets, drooping in rain or at night.

Spreading canopy tree to 8m, canopy open. Up to 20 leaflet pairs, not overlapping; middle leaflets largest. Pods woody, all fallen and dehisced, 4-5 seeded. Dominant species here.

Large spreading open-canopied tree to 15 m. Leaves pinnate, fine-leaved, 22-24 leaflet pairs.

Patch of low-branching trees to 4m high. Trunks heavily crusted with lichens. Buds large, ovoid; sometimes much smaller. Six pairs of leaflets. Rachis softly but sparsely hairy. Leaves glossy green, leathery. Some pink-flushed young growth. Pods woody, massive.

Shrub to 1.5 m. Leaves glossy green, 2-3 pinnae pairs; stipular bud somewhat flattened.

Spreading canopy tree to 10 m, branching low. Bark dark, flaking. Leaves glossy green, terminal pair largest; buds rounded.

Tree to 10 m, spreading canopy, branching low. Bark rough, fissured grey. Leaves with 4 pinnae pairs. Young pods green, massive, woody, strongly ridged on one side

Tree to 10 m, spreading canopy, branching low. Bark rough, fissured grey. Leaves with 4 pinnae pairs. Young pods green, massive, woody, strongly ridged on one side. Dominant tree in Brachystegia woodland.

Tree to 8 m, with spreading canopy. Bark fissured, grey-brown. Leaves flushing yellow-green/brown. Flowers open, greenish.

Notes: Tree to 8 m, with spreading canopy. Bark fissured, grey-brown. Leaves flushing yellow-green/brown. Flowers open, greenish. Locally common in open miombo woodland on hillside.

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

Guibourtia - Pteleopsis dry forest.-x000D- Notes: Tree to 6 m, branching very low. Slash with powder yellow streak. Bark deeply fissured, very brown. Leaves small, alternate, serrate, bright green, youong growth slightly flattened. Fruits hanging, in 3s, m

Epiphytic orchid on Englerophytum tree branch, with long thick aerial roots. Narrow linear leaves. Some fruit capsules.

Shrub to 15 cm. Flowers yellow-cream.

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

Herbarium catalogue Meise (BR)

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.

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?

Shrub to 2 m high, on top of rocky outcrop. Moist forest. Some old flowers. Red fruits small leaved. Local, only ones [sic] seen.

Understory shrub to 2 m. Leaves/stems sometimes in 3s. Young stems reddish. Fruits single, axillary. voucher 025/2

Clumped sedge to 20cm. Flowers ± finished, but with nutlets. Forming strong fibrous tufts on rock surfaces, hard to split.

Tufted sedge to 20cm high, with fibrous root mat adhering to rock shelves. Inflorescenece/fruits dark brown. Very common.

Small tufted sedge forming dense clumps or tufts on rocks.

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Tussock sedge-like plant to 1m high. Brown banding by nodes. Inflorescence dark brown. local clump frequent in the area

Tall herb to 1.5m. Culms round in x-section. Leaves mostly basal, smooth; basal culm swollen, surounded by old laee sheaths. Some plants with dangling yellow anthers, others with erect whitish stigmas. locally common

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.

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

Guibourtia - Pteleopsis dry forest.-x000D- Notes: Small tree 3 - 4 m, branching towards top. Bark fissured, grey, mottled, dark and light. Leaves alternate, dark glossy green above, silvery scales beneath with few red scales. Fruit terminal, covered in red

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

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 248, 2011.

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

Shrub to 1 m. Flowers large, bright mauve.

Woody herb to small shrub to 1.5 m. Flowers white, drying brown.

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

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 248, 2011.

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.

Grass to 40cm,tufted, hard to dig out. Inflorescence very narrow, purple-tinged, anthers hanging out. When seeding, glumes opening widely, very hairy, whitish.

Tree to 6 m, often regenerating or coppicing. Generally an understory shrub. Milky latex. Flowering on stems. Leaves dark green, with brown hairs underneath.

Tree to 4 m. Long spicate axillary inflorescence, greenish-white with yellow anthers. Many ants farming scale insects.

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 248, 2011.

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.

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.

Epiphyte. Strangler fig in Xylopia tree. Roots growing down trunk. Leaves young.

Tufted sedge to 30cm. Stems spreading, dark green. Nutlets green/brown, terminal and axillary. Locally common.

Tree to 6 m. Leaves large, ribbed, clustered terminally. Fruits axillary, very hard, many-seeded, in 2s.

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.

Herb to 80 cm. Corm pale brown, scaly, lots of small bulbils near base. Young plants growing from bulbils. Leaves thin, flattened. Flowers large, vermilion-red with yellow markings on throat. Very local, roadside, woodland / dry forest margin, with P

Erect herb to 30cm. Large tuberous rhizome like an Iris. Leaves broad, overlapping. Flowers pendent, yellow-green.

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

Herb from woody rootstock, trailing. Large axillary pink flowers.

Climbing shrub.

Aquatic herb. Feathery green leaves. No obvious roots. Locally common.

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.

Mat forming herb, not aromatic, flower purple.

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

Small bulbous herb to 20 cm. Tuber round, fleshy. Leaves long, linear, hairy. Each flowering shoot with 2 yellow flowers.

Herb to 10cm. Corm with fibrous covering, yellow when cut. Leaves broad, hairy. Flowers yellow, 2 per flowering shoot. Locally common.

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

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

Scrambling shrub to 3 m. Flowers single, white, tubular, sweet-smelling. Coral rag thicket.

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 248, 2011.

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 248, 2011.

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 248, 2011.

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

Annual herb to 30cm. Few small narrow leaves, +/- leafless, basal leaves rounded. Flowers in terminal inflorescence, small, lilac.

Tufted fern, no fertile fronds

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.

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

Small tree to 4 m. Leaves opposite, pinnate, venation prominent under, slightly hairy. Inflorescence terminal, large yellow flowers, throat with maroon markings. Occasional at edge of drainage line in Afzelia - Berlinia woodland., Occurrence: occasio

Shrub to 2 m. Milky latex. Axillary clustered cream flowers, petals with hairs.

Shrub to 1m. Leaves opposite, leathery. Flowers white with recurved petals; lot of hairs on upper margin.

Small shrub to 1.2 m. Leaves glaucous under. Flowers with long pedicels, petals yellow. Common in understorey of secondary dry forest next to cleared area.

Hrb to 40 cm, slender stem. Fibrous corm. Pale blue flowers.

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

Slightly succulent herb. White fleshy roots. Leaves mostly basal, often reddish. Flowers in a terminal head, pale purple.

Shrub to small tree, 2 m tall. Stems slightly greenish. Fruits small, green, axillary.

Small annual spreading herb to 5 cm. Flowers white, 4-petalled.

Evergreen fleshy shrub to 2 m. Leaves large, with large enclosing stipules. Fruits axillary, shaped like figs.

Tufted perennial grass to 1 m.

Herb to 40cm. Tuber reddish inside. Leaves palmately lobed. Terminal head of spreading white flowers, with tinge of pink. Locally common.

Canopy tree to 18 m, dbh 33.0 cm, or shrub to 1 m. Bark smooth, grey, flaking in sections.

Woody herb to 1.5 m. Flowers in terminal racemes, small, pale yellow. Pods small, stick to clothes. Seeds collected.

Creeping epiphytic or epilithic orchid with pseudobulbs. Leaves strongly purplish.

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Forest floor woody herb. Leaves dark green, not deciduous. Inflorescence axillary, not developed.

Woody shrub to 1.5 m. Young stems soft, green. Inflorescence axillary, clustered; flowers white, small, tubular. Fruits metallic blue. Ripe fruits and flowers on same inflorescence. Seed collected.

Herb to 150 cm. Leaves aromatic. Terminal tight clustered inflorescence, flowers bright blue, bracts spiny.

Understory tree to 6 m. Leaves dark green, leathery, serrated margins.

Succulent herb, no leaves. Fruits small, green.

Trailing herb under garsses, rooting at nodes. Leaves trifoliate. Flowers axillary, mostly solitary. Standard yellow with red veins, lips bright red. Locally common

Shrub to 2m. Leaves light green. Inflorescences clustered, terminal and axillary, flowers white with long extruding stigmas.

Slender shrub to 2 m.

Deep-rooted perennial herb, tufted, spreading by rhizomes. Very strong woody taproot. Leaves aromatic. Terminal heads of yellow flowers, no ray florets.

Bulbous herb to 30cm. Bulb covered in fibres, yellowish when cut open; roots fleshy. Basal leaves semi-succulent. Dense terminal raceme of white (blue-tinged) flowers; flowers very open, on-tubular; anthers dark grey-blue. Pollinated by bees.

Slender herb to 30cm. Large fleshy tuber, whitish, almost carrot-like in size and shape. Leaves long, narrow, pubescent. Flowers closed. With long tubular sepals.

Climbing understory shrub to 3 m high. Leaves opposite, generally all in one plane.

Small shrubby tree to 4 m. Some old fruits to 6 cm diameter. Flowering on new growth.

Small understorey tree to 5 m. Leaves leathery. Flowers just finished; fruits purple-tinged.

Shrub to 3 . Leaves glossy. Inflorescence axillary.

Tree to 6 m. Large glossy leaves.

Canopy tree to 25 m, dbh 49 cm. Trunk straight with narrow buttresses. Bark purple-brown, with lenticels. Leaves glossy, with drip-tip. Milky latex. Vern. name: Mdunduwe

Grass to 1m, densely tufted. Roots fibrous. Inflorescence long-awned. Rows of raised glands on glume with long spreading hairs. Lot of old burnt shoots at base.

Tree or large shrub. Foliage dark green, apparently evergreen. Leaves ovate with long petiole. Specimens nearby with stilt roots.

Subcanopy to canopy tree to 15 m. Bark brown, relatively smooth, some localised cracking and protuberances. Outer bark with purple-brown slash, very thin; inner bark hard, slash whitish, turning pink-brown on exposure. Noticeable stilt roots.

Small tree to 5m. Some small stilt roots at base. Leaves whorled, large, leathery. Few saplings around.

Tree to 8m, branching low. In full leaf; long petiole. Unripe fruits.

Annual herb to 3cm. Small mauve lipped flowers, 1 or 2 per plant. No leaves.

Herb to 1 m. Upper leaves clasping. Lax sprays of small yellow flowers. Seeds collected.

Wiry herb to 50cm, tufted. Short lateral roots. Head terminal, compact yellow flowers.

Tufted herb to 30cm. Fibrous base. No leaves. Single terminal yellow flower. Locally abundant

Epiphytic orchid on Englerophytum tree branch, with long thick aerial roots. Narrow linear leaves. Some fruit capsules.

Climbing, trailing slender herb. Flowers small, white; easily falling.