Records made by Kudakwashe Mutasa

Mostly young trees; upper altitude reach for this species.y

Small aloe c. 35 cm high; leaves rosulate; inflorescence sub capitate.

Ericoid shrublet up to 1.5 m densely leafy; leaves bright green linear. Frequent throughout

Small shrublet up to 60 cm tall; densely covered in small overlapping whorls of needle-like leaves, densely greyish green hairy when young. Frequent throughout

Perennial herbs up to 70 cm high with a fan of sword-shaped leaves overlapping at the base; inflorescence shortly branched; flowers deep blue. Several specimens seen

Shallow-roted herb to 1.3m. Leaves sheathing like Iris; base of leaves swollen, curved forwards. Flowers scattered up flowering shoots, open, non-tubular, bright blue. Ovary swollen. Very local.

Small herb about 20 cm tall with white-reddish flowers. Milky latex.

Herb about 40 cm tall with a single terminal flowerhead with white-ray florets and yellow centre. Leaves with red prominent lateral veins, smooth with rough edges. Roots lateral.

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.

Small herb about 20 cm tall with purple flowers. Stem purple with young branches green but turning purple when mature. Leaves narrow and smooth when young, becoming rough when mature. Roots lateral.

Only young saplings seen

Extensive now naturalised colony, probably originally introduced as foodsource for goldminers.

Strongly tufted grass to 1.5m. Styems yellow-green. Awned inflorescence, glumes purplish, anthers yellow-brown.

Most plants have finished flowering but a few immature to mature flowers. Flowers blue. Ripe fruits blue, unripe fruits green.

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

Smaller spring-flowering form.

Yellow-flowered form

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

Small herb about 10 cm high with closed yellow flowers. Leaves narrow, covered with whitish hairs. Tuberous root, white inside.

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

Small herb about 15 cm high with yellow flowers. Leaves broad, covered with whitish hairs. Tuberous root, yellow inside.

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

Fronds pinnate, up to 18 cm long growing closely spaced from a horizontal rhizome embedded in mosses; sporangia terminal on the upper lobes of the costules.

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

Small naturalized tree

Widely naturalized from very old cultivation.

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

Small colony present in the area.

Herb about 30 cm tall. Flowers lilac with 3 petals. Anthers and stigma exposed when in full bloom. Lateral roots. Leaves with parallel veins with a reddish green upperside.

Young sapling treelets

Slender herb to 30cm. Stem leafless. Terminal white spreading flowers, 5-petalled.

Terrestrial orchid about 30 cm tall. Flowers yellow with reddish and bright yellow centre. Leaves with parallel dark-green veins. Lateral roots developing from bulb.

Lvs c. 2.5 cm long, corolla tube c. 4 mm long. High altitude for this species.

Many plants in at location

Flowers with two styles.

Spreading to erect perennial herb up to 20 cm high; flowers in terminal heads,bright blue; styles 2

Tufted strong-rooted herb to 80cm. Wiry stems. Sheathed open nut-brown inflorescence.

Perennial herb to 50cm, branching from base. Flowers in terminal racemes, purple. Locally common.

Slender annual herb, up to 40 cm high, mostly unbranched; leaves few, small and scale-like; flowers in fairly dense terminal elongated racemes, creamy-white, mostly barely opening.'

Ascending to sub-erect perennial herb c. 20 high; stems and leaves with spreading long hairs; flowers in dense terminal racemes, pink

Small epiphytic orchid up to 12 cm high; pseudobulbs yellowish, short, ovoid; leaves 1-2; inflorescences terminal on pseudobulbs densely flowered but all in fruit

Terrestrial orchid with thick fleshy roots and no visible pseudobulbs. leaves relatively long and pointed not fleshy, drying. Flowers Deep pink.

Mostly leafless terrestrial orchid with terminal flowers, pink; pseudobulbs and thick roots mostly underground. fairly frequent throughout

Small lithopytic orchids growing from ovoid pseudobulbs. Flowers creamy-white and pink.

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

Small virgate shrublet, c. 1.2 m high with opposite horizontal branches; flowers in axillary few-flowered inflorescences, greenish-cream, hairy in the throat

Many plants in at location

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.

Herbs up to 40 cm high; leaves mostly near the base narrowly elliptic; inflorescence branched; capitula solitary at each branch end, yellow, with rays

Shrub c. 2 m tall. Occasional throughout

Slender perennial herb, up to 45 cm high with milky sap; leaves filiform; flowers in upper axillary pendent umbels, creamy-white, campanulate. Common but easily overlooked

Apparently this is the first record from Mozambique.

Small stunted tree.

Herb about 20 cm tall. Stem covered with small brownish hairs. Leaves singular but sometimes trifoliate with small brown hairs on underside. Flowers pink. Young pods developing, about 10 cm long covered in short brownish hairs. Long tuberous root.

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