Records made by Hermenegildo Matimele

Evergreen scrambler to 2.5 m with long trailing stems; fls yellow; in riparian thicket on outer edge of alluvial floodplain of the Rovuma River.

Young plants; not pilose, not winged, margin not serrate

Inflorescences lax with long spicate branches, resembling A. ukamensis but stems all prostrate with leaves apparently clustered on short branchlets and flowers with lower lip reflexed, indicating A. serpiculoides

A yellow flowered bulbous plant. Only one plant seen.

Herb to 50 cm tall, green leaves, dark brown stems, flowers yellow with brown vertical lines outside petals, fruits orange. Scattered locally

Herb to 50 cm tall, green leaves, dark brown stems, flowers yellow with brown vertical lines outside petals, fruits orange

Unbranched herb c. 20 cm high; flowers golden yellow

Erect unbranched herb, up to 20 cm high; flowers yellow

Both flowers and roots yellow. Stem slightly sticky. Fairly common locally.

Basal rosette leaves with a parsley smell when crushed. Most plants appear to have finished flowering due to the presence of old inflorescence. Fairly common here.

A branching Aloe with a 50cm long inflorescence. Some leaves have a red tint, especially near the tip. Tips of the leaves curl backwards.

Growing with stunted Podocarpus latifolius

Evergreen scrambler or climber to 4 m tall; in occasional in scrub/thicket in woodland; flowers white, fragrant.

Scrambling evergreen shrub to 4 m tall, sterile; scarce in thicket patch on edge of escarpment, N-aspect.

Mixed dry forest with Berlinia. -x000D- 12 cm diameter with dark brown bark, white slash, white flower and sweetly scented.

Erect herb up to 90 cm high; leaves crowded near the base; flowering stem purple brown, hairy; flowers creamy white with a heart of yellow stamens. One specimen see at collection site but occasional in the area

Herb 1 m, white sunlight flowers like, maroon stems, hairy stems.

iNaturalist record

Small unbranched annual herbs 8-18 cm tall; flowers in terminal heads, c 1-1.5 cm in diameter; mauve-pink. Generally very common in the area

Scrambling herb; branches up to 1 m long, reddish, with long, whitish, spreading hairs; flowers violet. Several specimens at collection site; generally frequent in the area

Small branched shrublet c. 50 cm high densely covered in small whorls of sessile leaves with needle-like leaflets, almost appearing as being 3-foliolate; flowers very small, sessile among the leaves, greenish-yellow. One specimen at collection site; generally occasional in the area. One specimen at collection site; generally occasional in the area.

Shrub to 50 cm. Small/thin green lvs in whorls. Ericoid. Small, sessile yellow fls. Many branches. Male plant.

A 4m tall tree with reddish fls. New leaves reddish.

Delicate shrublet to 750 mm high in shade of tall mixed miombo escarpment woodland, N-aspect, on sandy soils.

One specimen seen

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

60-80 cm errect annual herb. Yellow capitula with 5-6 rays.

Ground fern with tufted fronds; scarce, on very wet peaty floor of swamp forest, dominated by Anthocleista grandiflora, Voacanga thouarsii, Antidesma vogeliana, Xylopia aethiopica and the fern Stenochlaena tenuifolia.-x000D- -x000D- Keys best to B. natalensis bu

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.

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.

Distinctive corky bark, reveailing bright orange nderbark when damaged.

Terestrial herb, c. 30 cm high; flowers in dense terminal inflorescence, pale mauve-pink with darker markings; spur darker purplish, curved. Two specimens seen

Very long inflorescences in fruit.

low-level epiphyte iNaturalist record

Erect annual herb to 30 cm. White flr. Locally common.

Evergreen much-branched tree 9-10 m high, on edge of evergreen bush clump/forest patch, in area of Parinari plateau woodland on sandy soils.

Deciduous tree to 10 m tall, flowers bright yellow, spectacular; on forest margins in forest/woodland mosaic on sandy soils. Occasional, three specimens seen.

Herb with Yellow flowers. A few plants seen in the vicinity.

Lamina set with long white hairs

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.

Creeping herb to 70 cm. Stem green but red at base. Very hairy lvs. Inflr 15 cm long, terminal. Growing with Zehneria.

Single-stemmed herb to 1m. Flrs axillary in 4s. Corm or bulbil at base just below surface. Axillary infl like a viviparous bulbil with leaves coming from top of swollen bulbil. Lvs aromatic.

Strongly aromatic, sticky glandular herb; inflorescence terminal, many-flowered, flowers deep blue. Generally frequent in the area

Softly woody herb, almost 1 m tall. Single individual seen.

Spathes have white bases with a green lining on top. Yellow flowers. Base of leaves were slightly hairy. Flowers occur in groups at the tip of the stem. Fairly common on these slopes.

This is also a first record of the species and subspecies from Mozambique. The subspecies is otherwise known only from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland. (Robert Faden pers. comm with Barbara Turpin, 2017).

Shrub up to 4 m tall, green leaves, green immature fruits.

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

Only one plants seen in flower. 1.5 m tall.

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

Erect, unbranched, succulent herb c. 25 cm high; inflorescence a terminal corymbose head, brownish-red; flowers creamy-white. Only one specimen at this collection site but generally frequent in the area

Erect, unbranched, succulent herb up to 25 cm high; inflorescence a terminal corymbose head, brownish-red; flowers creamy-white. Common at collection site

Suculent herb up to 20 cm tall, leaves in basal rosette, flowers white turning brown

Semi-deciduous tree to 9 m tall, bark grey, roughly flaking; occasional in mixed deciduous coastal woodland on sands.

Flower heads compact. Yellow fls.

Flower heads compact. Yellow fls.

Single individual locally seen. Shrub to 50 cm, green leaves, fruits blackish, flowers maroon, stems dark brown.

Leaves whorled, fls yellow with some brown streaks.

Shrub to 1 m tall, yellow flowers, fruits pale green, brownish stems.

Common but not in clumps. Grass to 1.5 m tall, green leaves, with leaf tip dry, inflorescence hairy on the base, dark green inflorescence.

Petals pink and anthers blue with succulent stem. All flowers terminal. Up to 20 cm tall. A few plants seen.

Slender terrestrial herbs, up to 25 cm cm high; flowers white with purple markings in the lip. Locally common

Note by Joan Osborne: Slender foliage + habit close to C. rogersii S. Moore from South Africa. See note in FZ for differences.

Delicate twining herb, up to 30 cm long; flowers white. Several specimens seen at collecton site; generally fairly frequent in the area

Pink-flowered form

Creeping annual herb. Flr pale purple-whitish, axillary. Lvs hairy.

White fls. A few plants seen locally

Evergreen tree to 12 m tall, bark rough, dark mottled grey; in dry semi-deciduous forest, in forest/thicket/woodland mosaic on sandy soils. Scarce.

Shrub, 1 m height, leaves green, fruits green covered by a huge calyx. Single individual locally seen

Ground orchid to 40 cm. Light pink infls spotted with darker pink at throat with dark spot at tip of petals. Spur almost white. . Lvs green on top with reddish/purple underleaf.

Terestrial herb to 20 cm. White fls. Tight infl. Stem horizontal with infl turning vertically. Tuber.

Soft-wooded shrub up to 2.5 m high; flowers in terminal racemose clusters, violet; peducles, pedicels and calyces purple-red with long whitish bristly hairs. Extensive colony at collecting site; locally common in the area

Rather slender tree to 6 m tall, semi-deciduous, flowers white, showy, all leaves severely eaten by insects; scattered in open woodland at base of low escarpment on outer edge of alluvial floodplain of the Rovuma River.

Tree to 12 m tall, occasional in mixed woodland/sand forest mosaic on sandy soils. Fls white, very showy.

Tree to 4 m tall, fls white; scattered in severely degraded woodland on sandy soils.

Small herbs with a rosette of spathulate leaves apressed to the soil; leaves up to 2.5 cm long, often tinged purple-red, covered in stalked sticky glands.

Small evergreen tree 2-3 m tall, bark rough dark brown; growing in riparian scrub forest on outer edge of alluvial floodplain of the Rovuma River.

Red-flowered form

Infested with Helixanthera woodii (Loranthaceae) parasite.

Erect somewhat shrubby herb, up to 65 cm high, woody at the base; all parts with dense, spreading whitish hairs giving the plant a very glaucous look; flowers in tight globose heads, terminal on short side branchlets, pink, tubular. Several specimens seen at colection site; generally occasional in the area

Deciduous tree 4-6 m high; occasional in semi-deciduous woodland; flowers scarlet.

Evergreen shrub to 2 m tall; on edge of termitaria in small forest patch, in area of Berlinia woodland on sands.

Shrub to 1 m, stem grey, leaves dark green, calyx green, buds white. Forest, understorey.

Erect, unbranched, annual herbs up to 18 cm high, flowers in the upper axils, together forming a terminal head; calyx broadly winged; corolla mauve-purple. Locally frequent

Erect deciduous tree to 2.5 m, leafless; bark grey, grey-brown, vertically fissured; flowers vivid red and orange; in mixed deciduous woodland on sandy soils, locally scarce.

Tree to 5 m tall, lower stems with branched spines; in forest patch, in miombo/Parinari woodland on upper slopes of plateau escarpment.

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

Slender delicate herb c. 45 cm high; inflorescence a diffuse large panicle; flowers minute greenish. Only one specimen seen

Small, virgate woody shrub with long hanging branches up to 1.4 m long; leaves shiny, leathery, dark green, often red tinged; flowers minute, greenish-cream, in few-flowered axillary clusters on longish pedicels. Two specimens seen at collection site

Shrub to 0.5 m, yellowish green leaves, flowers white with maroon calyx. Single individual seen.

Erect herb c. 60 cm high growing from a corm; leaves several in a fan, sword-shaped; flowers pink.

Pink flowers. Most plants here have finished flowering and are now in fruit. Growing with sedges and Xerophyta. Common on this slope.

Herb, green leaves, flowers blue, yellowish white bulbous

Straggly shrub to 2 m high and 3 m wide, in riverine scrub of riverbanks, in tall Sterculia/Cordyla/Millettia stuhlmannii woodland on alluvium. Scattered.-x000D- -x000D- [K note: 1st for Mozambique]

Small evergreen tree to 7 m tall, in forest patch in Parinari plateau woodland on sandy soils.

Small tree c. 4 m high; inflorescences in terminal, subglobose heads about 15-20 cm in diameter. Flowers greenish. Two specimens seen

Shrub to 3.5 m of height, leaves green, fruits pale green. Common locally.

Mostly unbranched erect herbs up to 80 cm high; flowers violet pink. small colony seen, far less numerous at colection site than Dissotis pulchra

Stems and flowers hairy. Petals pink and white. Leaves 3-5 lobed. All flowers terminal and in bunches. 50 -60 cm tall. Locally common.

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

Small tree c. 5 m tall; leaves glossy dark green above, paler below with deep purple petioles; fruit c. 8 mm in diameter, orange-yellow often with red spots or tinge, together forming large clusters below the leaves. One specimen seen

Shrub c. 2 m high; leaves imparipinnate, dark green; flowers in erect axillary spikes, dark red. Several specimens seen at collection site, fairly common in the area.

Large evergreen shrub or tree to 8 m high; bark rough grey, chunky; flowers (remains of) white; on sandy soils in forest patch surrounded by Berlinia/Parinari/Uapaca nitida woodland.

Shrub up to 4 m tall, branching horizontally, dark glossy leaves, dark green fruits

Scrambling shrub to 4 m tall, frequent in Parinari-Psorospermum plateau woodland on sandy soils.

Scrambling shrub up to c. 3 m tall with long branches; flowers in dense axillary heads; creamy-white. One specimen seen at collection site

All inflorescence seen here has flowered and plants are now in seed. The inflorescence is about 140cm long. Edges of leaf blades toothed. Fruits brownish and tubers yellow.

Climber to 8 m high with white latex; in dry forest patch with a mosaic of deciduous mixed woodland on sandy soils. Occasional. Fruit gree, finely speckled with creamish dots.

Occuring in clumps. About 50 cm tall. A few plants seen.

Evergreen tree to 10 m tall, component of riverine woodland on steep sandy banks above river. Flowers white.

In fruit

Erect woody shrub 1-2 m high, in degraded/logged woodland in disturbed areas on sandy soils; leaves aromatic when crushed.