Records determined by John Burrows

Locally frequent, presumably flooded annually

Climber to 2 m, flowers pink; in degraded coastal forest on sands.

Small deciduous tree to 4 m tall, bark rough, grey; in mixed miombo (Julbernardia globiflora/Brachystegia utilis) woodland. Occasional.

Locally frequent scrambling shrub to 7 m high, constituent of dune scrub/thicket along beach, flowers creamy white, flowering at top of thicket, tendrils present.

Cited as the type specimen in Bothalia 39-2: 222 (Burrows & Burrows, 2009)

Deciduous tree to 7 m tall, in open coastal woodland/scrub on gravelly sands. Fls yellow, older stems armed with unmistakable winged stipules/thorns. Very local, only seen at this locality.

UJ DNA No. MvdB4249

1.2 m tall evergreen shrub, in mixed coastal woodland on sandy clays. Fruit pink above. Occasional., Occurrence: occasional

Small shrub, 2—3 meters tall; fruit with 3 parted wings, yellow flowers.

Evergreen scrambling shrub with twining stems to 3 m high, flowers yellow; scattered in Licuati Thicket on sands.

Large tufted fern growing in water in extensive estuarine reedbeds. Occasional.

Occasional

Giant pachycaul to 15 m tall, growing in a small grove of ca. 8 baobabs, in a cultivated field on sandy soils, area of semi-deciduous coastal woodland/thicket. Flowers pure white, petals like plastic.

Climber to 6 m in termitaria forest near stream, in area of miombo woodland.

Climber to 2 m, scrambling over bushes in ecotone between miombo woodland and riverine forest, on sandy soils.

Climber to 3 m high, stem almost white; on rocky conglomerate sandstone ridge in mixed Brachystegia torrei/Androstachys woodland.

Climber in mixed lowland forest on sands

Climbing in riverine forest to ñ 4 m high. Huge fruit. Miombo woodland on escarpment., Occurrence: scarce

Climber to ca. 5 m with succulent, smooth stem; leaves can be 3-lobed. Growing amongst on rocky granite outcrop in dry mixed deciduous woodland., Occurrence: occasional

UJ DNA No. UJ09258

Succulent unarmed shrublet 0.3-0.5 m high, flowers pink; occasional in woodland-thicket mosaic on sands, dominated by Guibourtia conjugata and Pteleopsis myrtifolia

Thorny scrambler/climber in coastal bush clumps. Leaves glossy. Occasional

Locally common

Locally frequent

UJ DNA No. UJ09228

Only one group seen; unlikely to be introduced

Locally frequent

Locally common ground fern in shade of gallery forest (also in Androstachys woodland on gorge lip) in limestone gorge. Fronds proliferous.

UJ DNA No. UJ09216

Occasional

Occasional

Small fern growing on mossy limestone rocks above water of stream in gallery forest in deep limestone gorge. Rare, only 2 plants seen.

Small, slender tree to 2 m tall; horizontal branching, scarce. On granite koppie, in light shade of miombo woodland dominated by Brachystegia glaucescens., Occurrence: scarce

Small bushy shrub, 2 m tall with spreading branches and very small bilobed fruit. Growing along river in mixed, high rainfall woodland., Occurrence: locally frequent

Erect tree to 6 m tall, bark smooth, grey-grown, mottled with pale lichens; in riverine woodland on granites.

Tree (?deciduous) to 5 m high, growing amongst gneiss rocks in seasonally-dry mixed deciduous woodland., Occurrence: scarce

Shrub / small tree in understorey of tall Brachystegia woodland on sand.

Woody shrub to 2 m tall; occasional in sandy soils in light shade of closed-canopy Brachystegia torrei woodland., Occurrence: scarce

Small tree to 3 m tall in miombo woodland.

Shrub or treelet to 2.5 m. In mixed deciduous coastal woodland on sandy soils. Dominant woody species: Strychnos madagascariensis, Phellocalyx vollesenii, Olax dissitiflora, Pteleopsis myrtifolia, Xylotheca tettensis, Micklethwaitia carvalhoi, Diospy

Small tree to 7 m tall, in tall mixed Brachystegia woodland on coastal sands; occasional.

Small tree or shrub to 2 m tall. In mixed deciduous coastal woodland on sandy soils. Dominant woody species: Strychnos madagascariensis, Phellocalyx vollesenii, Olax dissitiflora, Pteleopsis myrtifolia, Xylotheca tettensis, Micklethwaitia carvalhoi,

Deciduous shrub or small tree 1-3 m tall; scattered throughout coastal thicket on coral rag.

Sapling tree to 4 m tall (no adults seen); scarce in gallery forest to 30 m tall, along edge of river on island. Dominant species: Newtonia buchananii, Pandanus livingstonianus, Filicium decipiens, Maranthes goetzeniana, Syzygium cordatum, Erythrophl

Spreading low tree to 7 m tall on granite outcrop in miombo woodland.

Small tree (regenerated) to 6 m tall, in coastal dune thicket near lakes. Fls dusky pink to greenish. Occasional

Wide-spreading tree to 10 m tall, bark pale grey, flaking in irregular plates; in coastal woodland on sandy soils; occasional.

Erect herb on sandy soils in light shade of mixed deciduous miombo woodland (Julbernardia globiflora/Brachystegia utilis) on granites.

Erect tufted shrublet (?annual) 30-40 cm high, in open spaces on deep sands in rather open woodland dominated by Guibourtia conjugata.

Erect ca. woody herb scattered in grassy area on sands, area periodically mown, in full sun; flowers white

Soft herb to 400 mm tall, in shade of moist evergreen montane forest, growing along roadside with Pilea, Impatiens, etc., Occurrence: occasional

Tree to 6m tall, in evergreen lowland forest. Branches more or less drooping.

Tree to 15 m tall (fallen) in high-altitude forest.

Evergreen small tree to 6 m tall, locally frequent in lowland evergreen to semi-deciduous forest in rolling hills, much degraded by logging and cultivation. Fls white., Occurrence: locally frequent

Large liane to 20 m high, in lowland semi-deciduous forest., Occurrence: occasional

Locally abundant liane to 30 m tall, stem massive, distinctly twisted with rough brown bark; in mixed dry lowland forest on sands.

Liane in forest - thicket mosaic on sands.

Evergreen liane to 15 m tall in gulley forest in heavily logged/degraded evergreen lowland forest on rolling hills; scarce. Flowers pure white throughout, sweetly-scented, showy., Occurrence: scarce

Suffrutex, stems with a tendancy to twine, to 1 m high; in degraded/logged coastal woodland on sands. Fruit orange/yellow, fleshy.

UJ DNA No. UJ09206

Medium/large tree, fruit shiny chocolate brown beans. Fabaceae.

A spreading tree along river margins, component of riverine forest on coastal plain. Scattered

Large tree to 16 m tall, and rather spreading crown; growing along stream over limestone at base of escarpment.

Medium tree, 6 meters tall.

Large spreading tree ca. 15 m tall, growing as an emergent on the edge of limestone gorges in mixed semi-deciduous thicket and dry evergreen forest on the gorge slopes. Occasional.

Low spreading tree in coastal woodland on ancient dunes. Flowers cream.

Tree to 5 m tall in severely degraded woodland on sands near coast. Fls pale pink with red staminal tube.

Tall tree, leaves bipinnate, in fruit. Leaflets with white tomentum on the underside.

Tree 4—5 meters tall. Locals call “acacia”.

Shrub or small tree to 4 m tall, common constituent of forest understorey. In dry forest on sand.

Small tree to 3 m tall, in understorey of montane forest along roadside, SE aspect. Occasional.

Small tree, about 9 meters tall. 3 leaflets, toothed, velvety, green fruits on a spike. Growing with Millettia stuhlmannii and Sterculia africana.

Woodland vegetation.-x000D- -x000D- UJ DNA No. UJ06945

UJ DNA No. MvdB4140

Large tree to 18 m tall with spreading crown; bark grey, rough; flowers pale yellow. Occasional, in open woodland/thicket mosaic on sandy soils.

Erect conifer-like herb growing on muddy margins of dam on granite-derived sands.

Robust climber, growing over thatched roof of a dwelling. Fruit; glossy blackish, fleshy-x000D- Species name variation on plant label - A. africana (Lour.) Merr.

Locally frequent

Fern with few fronds from a long-creeping stolon-like rhizome, in sands among mossy limestone rocks in deep limestone gorge in gallery forest. Occasional.

Giant deciduous aroid with single large leaf to 1.6 m tall with a spreading lamina to 1.5 m across, stipe with hard recurved spines, infloresence over, fruit maturing. In shade of high-rainfall mixed woodland-forest (area logged) on sandy soils.

In thicket on sands. Flowers, sweetly-scented.-x000D- -x000D- Sheet 1 of 2.

Scrambler in scrub adjacent to Avicennia mangroves. Flowers, pure-white.-x000D- -x000D- Corolla tube: c.10mm long, sparsely hairy or hairy-swollen near base.-x000D- Corolla lobes: 20-25mm long, 4-6mm wide. Glaborous, margins uliate.-x000D- Calyx lobes: +/- 2mm long

Robust climber in small patch of evergreen forest on coastal sands. Fruit: 85mm diameter, flesh sweet, very palatable.-x000D- -x000D- Photo. attached to specimen.

Climber with milky latex, to 2 m high in remanant bushclump in riverine woodland. Collected p.m. when flowers are over for the day (morning-flowering). Fls. white., Occurrence: occasional

Scrambling/climbing shrub to 2 m high, with milky latex; in woodland-forest mosaic on sandy soils, occasional; fls white, fragrant., Occurrence: occasional

22.4 cm tall; basal diameter 0.3; 0.2 cm; canopy 9.1 x 14.5 cm. -x000D- Habitat: Brachystegia spiciformis woodland in deep sand.

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.

Evergreen tree to 6 m (15 m in dry forest in gorge), bark rough, longitudinally-fissured, dark grey, gregarious, forming almost monotypic stands on shallow soils over limestone pavement; leaves shrivelling during drought, but not falling.

Straggly herb on road margins in clearings in sand forest. Flowers yellow.

Evergreen tree 8-9 m tall, 4 adults and saplings, on hillside, amongst boulders in mixed miombo / Uapaca woodland.-x000D- -x000D- First record of this species for Mozambique., Occurrence: occasional

Much-branched, multi-stemmed shrub to 1.2 m high; forming colonies, on arid alluvial flats in degraded mixed deciduous thicket-woodland mosaic. Flowers pink.

Many-stemmed shrubby geosuff from a woody rootstock; scattered in open Protea-miombo woodland on grey sandy loams.

Herb growing in moist dune slacks in coastal grassland near coastal lakes. Flowers purple.

Erect branched shrub to 2 m tall, forming colonies along roadside in grassland. Flowers purple-blue, showy. Locally frequent.

Dense shrub among rocks in montane grassland.

Much-branched shrub 1.5 to 2 m tall, on road cutting in scrub forest in mist belt, east-aspect. Occasional., Occurrence: occasional

Erect several-stemmed shrub 1.8 m tall; in rank grassland in gulleys or on forest margins, in montane grassland; occasional.

Tall tree 25-30 m high, remnant in logged and burnt forest. Fruit, furry, red. Only one intact tree seen.-x000D-

Ca. 60 m tree with buttresses, up to 5 m diameter at base, 2.3 m d.b.h., ascending broad branches, bark smooth, no aerial roots, slash cream, turning brown, little milk. In dry forest with substantial evergreen component specially in the shrub layer.

Tall tree to 25 m or more, bark smoothish, whitish-grey, branches ca. horizontal; on river bank in gallery forest in limestone gorge. Scattered.

UJ DNA No. UJ09295

Small tree to 4 meters tall; pale furrowed bark. Fruit green turning red and then black. Antidesma?

Shrub to 4 m tall on high altitude forest margins.

Shrub to 2.5 m tall in mid-altitude forest.

Small tree in understory, about 6 meters tall. In flower. Sprouting from very base, flowers pale, 8 parts visible (4+4?), perhaps no petals.

Shrub to 1.5 m with rather fleshy leaves; in coastal scrub on upper edge of beach above mangroves; scarce.

UJ DNA No. UJ09344

As Asparagus cooperi in BNRH. Straggly shrub to 1m tall, in mixed short thicket on sands.

As Asparagus puberulus in BNRH. Scrambling shrub, climbing into adjacent Gardenia resiniflua. Unopened flowers and some fruit. Growing in understorey of deciduous closed woodland dominated by Commiphora spp. and Kirkia acuminata.

Climber, deciduous, on rocky gneiss outcrop in miombo woodland.-x000D- DNA material sent to Catherine Wiegand, Kansas University, 2005.

Lax shrublet in herb layer in coastal forest.

Straggly shrublet to 400 mm high, stems purplish, on rocky outcrop in area recently felled of pines (Pinus patula).

Spiny scrambler to 4 m high in margins of evergreen forest.

Robust scrambler in coastal forest.

Scrambling shrublet in miombo woodland on sands.

On termitaria in bush clumps in Brachystegia woodland.

Habitat: miombo woodland / riverine fringe.-x000D- Habit: climbing to about 2 m. -x000D- Ex Cheringoma Herbarium No.: 858

In understorey of patch of short forest (sensu Edwards 1983) on termite mound in short open/closed woodland on red-brown clay loams. Common in forest patches on termite mounds.

Erect to sprawling shrublet on fringes of thicket in dry deciduous coastal woodland on sands., Occurrence: scarce

Stcrambling or climbing shrublet to 1 m high, in dune forest. Occasional.

Scrambler to 4m tall, in coastal forest. Also shrubby in coastal grassland.-x000D- DNA material given to Maria Norup, Copenhagen University, October 2006.

Sparse erect shrublet 60 cm high, in sparse grasses on margin of termite-mound bush-clump, in open Acacia woodland.

Climber in deciduous woodland, scarce.

Stems leaning, not climbing, ca. 0.7 m tall. In open deciduous woodland on sandy soils.

A laxly erect perennial growing in Brachystegia woodland. Branchlets drooping. Plant collected.

Woody climbing herb to 2.5 m. Flowers white. Fruits green. Local in clump of Oxytenanthera bamboo, secondary dry forest.-x000D- [Det. as Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth) Baker sens. lat. (A. paulii-guilelmii Solms form) by Sebsebe Demissew 2009]

UJ DNA No. UJ09255

In Julbernardia globiflora short closed woodland (sensu Edwards 1983) on white aeolian sands of marine origin. Uncommon.

Delicate scrambler to 800 mm tall in dune forest, all branches and branchlets flattened in to one plane. Occasional.

Small shrublet to 0.5 m tall, growing on roadside in sandy granite-derived soils in severely degraded woodland. Branches horizontal, all in one plane, cladodes distinctly glaucous.

Delicate herb in forest in limestone gorge.

In coastal forest.

Terrestrial fern, ± 90 cm tall. Mature petiole black.

Tufted fern in shade of tall lowland forest, growing at base of large tree on forest floor; scarce.

Tufted fern forming colonies on forest floor in mid-altitude forest.

Tufted fern among boulders in deep shade on floor of mid-altitude forest.

Epiphyte like plant on short rock outcrop. Strap leaved fern.

Fern on deeply shaded forest floor in degraded forest.

Fern among mossy rocks in high-altitude forest near stream.

Tufted fern with arching fronds; on mossy rocks next to mountain stream in ravine forest; occasional.

Climbing woody shrub, reaching 7-8 m, growing on harsh coral rag in dwarf coastal forest. Flowers small, greenish.

Floating aquatic in quiet back water on main river.

Aquatic, in quiet back water of main river with Salvinia, Pistia.

Floating aquatic in quiet back water on main river.

Rare.

Climber to 3 m tall, flowers yellow; in thicket in deciduous thicket-woodland mosaic on sandy soils; occasional.

Small tree to 6 m tall with pendulous chocolate tomentose pods; common component of woodland/thicket mosaic on coastal sands.

Tree to 7 m tall with a round crown as wide as tall, bark rough, grey, peeling in strips; in degraded mixed miombo woodland on granite-derived sands.

Small tree to 3 m tall, flowers yellow; scarce in degraded forest/woodland mosaic, now in maize field, on sandy soils.

Only one plant seen

Occasional

Herb to 1.5m tall in rank herbage along road.

Spreading (?deciduous) tree to 8 m tall, on sandy soils in coastal miombo woodland. Large pods unmistakable. Occasional.

Spreading tree to 10 m tall and almost as wide, in open woodland on coastal sands; locally frequent.

Deciduous tree to 6 m tall on granite outcrop in mixed Julbernardia paniculata miombo woodland on sandy soils in granite hills. Flowers white, fruit a woody dehiscent capsule (in Carpological Collection).

Small tree to 8 m tall in mid-altitude forest, degraded by chopping and cattle-grazing.

Tree to 6 m tall in lowland forest; scarce.

Tree to 6 m tall in riverine forest or woodland.

Tall deciduous tree to 25 m tall; scattered in seasonally dry mixed semi-deciduous forest, the canopy dominated by Terminalia sambesiaca, Bivinia jalberti, Pteleopsis myrtifolia, Dialium holtzii and Milicia excelsa; on sandy soils in area of low hill

Small tree to 4 m tall (sapling), in mixed woodland/thicket on low N-aspect escarpment on sandy soils.

Tree to 3 m tall; in secondary forest on edge of cleared cultivated area, E-aspect.

Tall tree to 20 m tall; in seasonally dry mixed semi-deciduous forest, the canopy dominated by Terminalia sambesiaca, Bivinia jalberti, Pteleopsis myrtifolia, Dialium holtzii and Milicia excelsa; on sandy soils in area of low hills.

Tree to 4 m tall, in seasonally-dry riverine woodland over limestones.

Tree to 7 m tall, on banks of dry stream in shade of riverine woodland on alluvial soils over limestones.

Chopped tree in coastal woodland/degraded forest mosaic.

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

Tree fern, fronds 2.5—3 meters long. Hairy, spores on wavy edges.

Small spreading tree to 4 m tall with rather gnarled branches and rough bark, in mixed miombo woodland on granite derived sandy soils. Occasional.

UJ DNA No. UJ09323

Occasional but localised

Small woody shrublet 50-70 cm high, leaves greyish velvety, flowers white; scattered in clearings in Licuati Thicket on sands.

Shrub with long pendulous branches in rocky outcrop in degraded mixed miombo woodland on granite.

Woodland vegetation.-x000D- -x000D- UJ DNA No. UJ06937

Much-branched shrubby small tree 2 m tall; on fringe of dense mixed thicket 6-7 m high, on sands. Flowers white.

Tree, 8 meters tall.

Tree, 4 meters tall with willow-like leaves. In flower.

Shrub or multi-stemmed tree, growing as an understorey in bush clump in 'graveyard forest'. In coastal woodland and thicket.-x000D- -x000D- Additional data on separate sheet.

In scrub/thicket on sands in coastal woodland.-x000D-

Small evergreen tree, or shrub, to 1 m high, in shade of bushclumps in deciduous coastal woodland. Fruit yellow-green. Locally frequent.

Shrub to 2 m high; fruits yellowish; scarce locally. In mixed deciduous coastal woodland on sandy soils. Dominant woody species: Strychnos madagascariensis, Phellocalyx vollesenii, Olax dissitiflora, Pteleopsis myrtifolia, Xylotheca tettensis, Mickle

Evergreen shrub to 2 m tall, in light shade or full sun, in degraded coastal forest/woodland mosaic on sandy soils, in secondary scrub. Fruit yellow when ripe, fleshy. Locally frequent.

Small tree to 5m tall, in short mixed thicket on coastal sands. Occasional. Flowers cream-yellow., Occurrence: occasional

Erect small tree to 3 m tall, flowers white to cream; occasional in coastal woodland on sands.

Tall tree to 18 m or more, in miombo woodland, locally frequent, on sandy soils over gneiss. Leaflets glaucous green.

Tree to 10 m tall with rounded or spreading crown, bark rough, grey; open coastal woodland dominated by Parinari curatellifolia, Strychnos spp. and Hyphaene compressa, on sandy soils.-x000D- -x000D- TOPOTYPE.

Medium to large deciduous tree to 15 m tall, a major component of miombo woodland, bark rough dark brown, vertically fissured.

Small tree with somewhat spreading crown and rough dark grey bark; locally frequent in seasonally wet grassland in low-lying drainage zone in miombo woodland; trees more stunted than when growing in well-drained areas.

Tall tree to 20 m, with somewhat spreading crown, bark dark grey, rough, vertically fissured

Medium to large deciduous tree to 15 m tall, a major component of miombo woodland, bark rough dark brown, vertically fissured.

Small tree with somewhat spreading crown and rough dark grey bark; locally frequent in seasonally wet grassland in low-lying drainage zone in miombo woodland; trees more stunted than when growing in well-drained areas.

Tall tree to 20 m, with somewhat spreading crown, bark dark grey, rough, vertically fissured; scattered in wooded grassland.

Woodland.-x000D- -x000D- UJ DNA No. UJ06924

Large deciduous tree to 20 m tall, component of miombo woodland in hilly areas, locally frequent, bark smoothish grey, flaking in old specimens.

Tall tree to 20 m+, forming colonies on granite soils, leaves greyish, locally frequent.

Deciduous tree to 12 m tall, leaves grey-ish; on rocky hill, geology gneiss, confined to hilly areas.

Spreading tree ± 25-30 m tall, bark smooth grey, flaking with age

As Brachystegia glaucescens in BNRH. Spreading tree ± 25-30 m tall, bark smooth grey, flaking with age; growing on summits of rocky granite koppies, rather localized.

As Brachystegia microphylla in BNRH. Tree to 8 m tall in miombo woodland.