Records made by Nkuna

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.

Tufted fern to 20 cm on forest floor.

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.

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

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

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?

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

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.

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

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.

Understory shrub to small tree. Twigs pale, young growth stems green. Leaves evergreen, glossy, unequal base, serrated margins.

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.

Small tree to 3 m, sprawling. Leaves ovate, strongly pubescent. Young buds brown-pubescent.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Large emergent tree to 25 m high, but taller in moist forest below. Bark pale, ?yellow-brown tinged, flaky. Slash deep red-maroon. Leaves large, leathery, evergreen, alternate.

Shrub to 3 m. Very large dark green glossy leaves, large interpetiolar stipule. Fruits axillary.

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

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.

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.

Shrub to 1.5 m. Leaves dark, glossy, toothed towards tip. Flowers small in terminal raceme, yellowish, closed.

Large shrub to small understory tree with spreading branches. Leaves evergreen with drip-tip, margins serrated, tapering at base, marked pulvinus. Inflorescence terminal, not yet open.

Slender shrub to 2 m.

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

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

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

Slender tree to 6 m. Bark dark grey, striated longitudinally. Stems covered in spine-tipped woody bosses; prickles on twigs. Leaves pinnate.