Collections made by Barbara Curtis

25 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 25 m tall. Single trunk, yellowish and somewhat powdery. Strong, paired, hooked thorns. Branches come out somewhat horizontally. Leaves large and feathery, with more than 15 pinnae pairs and a very large, squat, petiolar gland. Flowers: cream coloured, in long spikes. Fruits: pods papery - leathery, long and narrow, reddish brown.

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m tall. Trunk simple, somewhat rough but yellowish. Spines long and narrow, younger ones short. Leaves with 15 pinnae pairs, pinnules small and closely packed. Large gland at base of first pinnae pair. Can get into very large trees with spreading canopy. Common. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

1.6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.6 m high. Yellowish green stems. Straight white thorns with darker tips.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 25 m tall, with single trunk. Leaves: with pulvinus. Leaflets hairless, discolorous, slightly sickle-shaped with oblique midrib, opposite. Leaves alternate. Flowers: with 4 green sepals, boat-shaped, curled back. Two fused pinkish petals and 7 green stamens, whole flower very open. Fruits: pods large, dark, woody, with large black and red seeds inside.

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Trunk rough and longitudinally fissured. Pods orange, leathery, flat. Flowers cream-coloured. Leaflets fine.

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2 m high, small leaflets.

6 m high; Tree; Shrub; Notes: Tree or multistemmed shrub, 6 m high. Trunk yellowish with dark, rough areas. Leaves dark green above, lighter below, velvety. Leaflets large, almost rectangular, asymmetric. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 6 m high. Stem: thick, rigid, with rough, dark bark. Flowers: tiny, in axillary spikes. Leaves: discolorous, dark green above, yellow-green below.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high and 5 m in diameter. Old leaves. Very rounded, cannot see stems inside.

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2 m tall, broken by elephants. Also collected at Schuckmannsburg. Leaves markedly discolorous, hairy, prominent vein. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high. Rough, longitudinally fissured bark. Stem, petioles and petiolules hairy. Stems green, flecked with white lenticels. Leaves and leaflets hang down, 1-3 pairs of leaflets and terminal one. 2 large stipules at leaf bases. Thick hairy petioles. Leaflets sometimes opposite, sometimes alternate. Leaves alternate. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

150 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 150 cm tall. Stems: dark green. Younger stems straw-coloured with longitudinal grooves or green striations. Leaves: large, leathery, bristle tipped. Fruit: spherical, pale red, short androgynophore, persistent sepals 4.

Shrub; Notes: Low, very woody shrub on termite mound, 80 cm high. Leaves with bristle tip. Discolorous. Stems dark brown and brittle. Growing in shade. Burkea woodland.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.2 m high. Large leathery leaves. Discolorous. Margin undulate. In whorled 3.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

80 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 80 cm tall. Spines present. Leaves trifoliolate, velvety, crenate. Fruit ovoid.

Tree; Notes: Shrubby tree, 2 m tall. Discolorous leaves, opposite. Fruit a round green berry, inferior ovary. Rubiaceae. 2 specimens.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub 4 m - edge of pan. Young pods. Common in places. Mopane woodland.

Tree; Notes: Shrubby tree, up to 2 m high, with very soft, floppy branches and hanging leaves. Branches reddish brown with white lenticels. Leaves opposite. Milky latex. Bright green. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

Tree, 3 m tall. Simple slender, brown stem. Leaves slightly discolorous, with distinct venation below. Flowers like little brushes, in terminal clusters.

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high, with soft, hanging, bright green leaves. Uncommon. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

Shrub; Notes: Growing under Diospyros. Milky latex. Shrub, 1.6 m high.

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m tall. Stems: smooth, light brown with sharp spines. A single sharp spine at base of most leaves. Leaves: circular, velvety. Fruit: a round berry about 5 mm long, with a ring of persistent calyx at apex.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

170 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 170 cm tall. Stems: smooth, silver. Leaves: leathery, finely serrate apically. Fruits: clustered reddish brown seed cases, 2 valves, with chocolate brown seeds.

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m high. Stem: rough, silvery. Leaves: whorled at ends of branches. Leaflets: small. Flowers: small, with 4 creamy petals and 4 stamens, in sprays on a long peduncle, arising away to leaves.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m high. Single, erect stem. Reddish brown. Leaves concolorous, smooth, soft. Hanging down.

Notes: 2 were collected before. Soft leaves.

Notes: Leaves: obovate, smooth, hairless, alternate, discolorous.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub with soft branches and leaves, up to 1.5 m high. Stems grey, brown. Good wood for fire.

Notes: Flowers: yellow trumpet flower with red lines in throat. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

150 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 150 cm tall. In a thicket of Mimosa and Sesbania. Pale pink flower balls. Glandular pods. Compound leaves that close when touched.

80 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 80 cm tall, riverine. Stems: reddish-brown, hairy, with tiny, hooked, scattered thorns. Rachis hairy, glandular, with paired thorns between pinnae. Flowers in pink balls. Pods: in clusters. Very hairy and glandular.

20 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 20 m tall, with rough bark, splitting into rectangular blocks, like a crocodiles skin. Leaves: bright green above, smooth and shiny, paler below. Flowers: axillary. Ovary with 2 rows of sepals (4 each, curled back), then a ring of creamy white petals standing erect, 10, then what looks like another ring of petals closed around the ovary, with the pistil protruding, no stigma. Fruit: oval, fleshy, with large pip. Orange/yellow.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

Creeper; Notes: Creeper with woody stem, fluted. young stems green and deeply fluted. Leaves compound, stiff, shiny green. Petiole and rachis winged. Leaflet shiny, smooth, bright green, margin irregularly toothed, venation prominent. Flowers in axillary spikes and long peduncle, with a tendril at top of peduncle. Creamy white with yellow stamens.

1.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.2 m tall. Leaflets very large.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m tall. Leaves: long, up to 1.5 m (just the tip sampled). Clusters of oval green fruits on yellow green stalks, hanging down.

Tree; Notes: Tree, up to 8 m high. Dark, rough bark. Fruit ovoid with a few remains of calyx. Leaves discolorous. Mopane woodland.

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Dark, rough bark. Open sparse canopy with large pinnate leaves. Young tree with smooth grey stem. On sandy plain. Burkea woodland.

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m high. A few very green fruit on. Palmate leaves. Discolorous. Burkea woodland.

Tree; Notes: Tree, up to 6 m, drooping crown. Leaves opposite to sub-opposite, leathery, slightly discolorous, fairly dark green. Sunken veins on upper surface - protruding veins on lower surface. Stem greenish brown with oval white lenticels. Fruit pear-shaped - 4 locules. Mopane woodland.

Notes: Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Marula - tree 6 m high. Burkea woodland.

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Stem: 4 thin, smooth grey stems, all growing together. Flowers: mauve/lilac. Fruit/seed: new pods reddish/green. Someone has dug a hole around the trunk and the tree is leaning.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m tall. Main stem brown, young stems green. Leaflets fairly large. Habitat: river bank.

3 m high; Shrub; Tree; Notes: Wispy tree or single stemmed shrub, 3 m high. Leaflets fairly large. Pods with persistent calyx. Growth form: tree or shrub.

Notes: 1.6 m high. Only 1 fruit.

180 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, 180 cm tall, 2 m in diameter. Stems: brown to green. Leaves: blue-green, folded up along midrib, clustered on spiny lateral shoots. Fruit: oval, pendulous.