Records made by Jan Van Bel

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

Climber

Very common at the School.

Trunk pale and flaking; petioles > 1.2 cm.

In flower

In full flower

Flowering when leafless; buds red.

In flower

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

Flowers white

Curved thorns; flowers pure white in spikes

Somewhat intermediate in leaflet number and size

Flowering when leafless; buds red.

Fruits very large, but it matches specimens of subsp. kraussiana in SRGH.

Planted with A. ataxacantha.

In fruit only

In flower

Flower colour not known

Fl. colour not known

Flower colour not known

Flower colour not known

Flower colour not known. Roots producing freen knobs above ground.

Single plant looking well naturalised

Flowers white.

In flower

Other side of river

Tree in bud and flower

Liane climbing on Bivinia jalbertii to 8 m.

Flowers white

White-flowered plant

Large trees

In fruit. Pods photographed.

Not sure if planted or not

Checked on 5 Dec 2022 that this is subsp. schimperiana. This is the same tree as in record no. 15435.

Subspecies not verified

Subspecies not verified

Bark smooth, yellowish with adhering bits of darker bark

Very tall trees on low rocky ridge

In flower

Shrub. Petiole with swelling at apex and two 'whiskers' at the base of the lamina.

Leaves with 2 basal whiskers; glands on the back; male flowers of spikes and female flowers.

Tree in flowers with somewhat pendulous yellow spikes

Colony of purplish-black inflorescences

In flower

Epiphytic orchid

On a tree trunk, in flower

Group of trees all dying, recorded earlier under record 90702. Only one alive. Honey fungus?

Leaves with wavy margin

In fruit

Free-standing tree. In bud.

Pedicels generally NOT borne in the typical hooks

Cultivated form

In flower

Single spines in S African section

Labelled Bauhinia macrantha but not that species.

Two trees; one quite tree-like with a single trunk.

Very common understory shrub on small kopje.

Very common understorey shrub. In flower.

Fine large tree; leaf rhachis winged; one spherical fruit seen

Abundant; forms with and without white rays present

Cultivated tree. 3-sided pink fruits; flowers just finishing.