Collections made by John Brenan

Records: 4

The following is a list of the collections made by John Brenan in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Democratic Republic of Congo (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
81447 Combretum molle17 Sep 1947JPM Brenan
JPM Brenan 7868 Dry woodland, with thicket areasMumbwa, in dry woodland, S. of the Namwala road about 6 miles from Nambala Mission with Lonchocarpus, Brachystegia spiciformis.0Zambia1527A1S0

Tree about 25 ft. high, with smoothish grey bark, several-stemmed. Young leaves grey-green. Infl. axis and calyx grey-green. Petals and stamens yellow.

-15.10000027.1666674
81448 Combretum molle7 Oct 1947JPM Brenan
JPM Brenan 8053 On fixed sand hills, clothed with low woodland of Haplocoelum, Eugenia, Baphia etc. Fort Rosebery, picked up under tree. On fixed sand hills, clothed with low woodland of Haplocoelum, Eugenia, Baphia etc. by L. Bangweulu N. of Samfya Mission.1120Zambia1129B3W0

Small tree with broad flattened crown, up to about 10-15 ft. high. Bark grey, closely reticulate, young leaves golden-velvety above, brownish-grey-tomentose beneath. Infl. axis dull pale green. Upper receipt. purplish. Calyx tube dull green below, red-purple-tinged above. Petals reddish-yellow. Sta. fil. greenish-yellow, anthers pale yellow. Dead mature leaves.

-11.35000029.5333334
81557 Craterosiphon quarrei20 Oct 1947JPM Brenan
JPM Brenan 8168 Mbala District; In the garden of Misses Gamwells' house between Mpulungu and Mbala.0Zambia0831C3N0

A native tree about 25 ft. high with dark brown rough bark, a long dense oblong crown of drooping branchlets. Leaves subcoriaceous, deep green and rather glossy above, pale glaucous green beneath with prominent pale green midrib and not raised but darker green lat. nerves, margins narrowly recurved. Flowers yellowish-green. Young fruits ellipsoid, greenish.

-8.80000031.2333334
81908 Diospyros batocana11 Aug 1947JPM Brenan
JPM Brenan 7679 Barotse. District; Sesheke.0ZambiaB0

Bushy-topped tree, c. 15-20' high. Leaves rigid, deep rather glossy green above pale glaucous green beneath. Fruit on woody twigs, clustered, deep brown-velvety. Bark deep grey, coarsely reticulate.

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The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Collections made by John Brenan.
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