Collections made by de Winter

Records: 26

The following is a list of the collections made by de Winter in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Democratic Republic of the 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
95046 Albizia antunesiana23 Feb 1956B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4816 WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi side of river near Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

10 ft high; Tree; Notes: Open woodland on deep sand. Small tree 10 feet, rare. Mbukushu name: muto. Quoted in: Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 58:14 (1967).

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95048 Albizia versicolor13 Jan 1956B de Winter
B de Winter 4237 WIND
Caprivi: Shitangadimba Camp at Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

20 ft high; Tree; Notes: Tree 20 feet with spreading crown. Pods pendulous green. Sandy soil. Quoted in: Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 58:14 (1967).

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95063 Asystasia intrusa9 Jan 1956B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4185 WIND
Growing in shade of dry Baikiea, Terminalia, Acacia forest in reddish sandy soil.Okavango, Rundu District: Some 5 miles east of Nyangana Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A10

Herb, 0.30 m high. Flowers cream with purple markings on lower lip.

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95080 Capparis tomentosa17 Jan 1956B de Winter
B de Winter 4296 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Island Tahus opposite Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Shrub; Notes: Scandent woody shrub with grey-green leaves and large globular fruits and small hooked thorns. Leaves and roots pounded and put in meat to poison lions. Sandy soil.

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95088 Chamaecrista mimosoides25 Jan 1956B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4423 WIND
Caprivi: Omuramba Mahango between Bagani and Bechuanaland border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Herb; Notes: Blackish sandy loam in omuramba bed. Small annual herb with cream-yellow flowers.

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94993 Cissampelos mucronata27 Jan 1956B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4451 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Dense bush on sandy flats round small pan 5 m south of Shamvura down fire-break.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A10

Notes: Climber twining in shrubs. Leaves hairy. Buds cream.

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95105 Commicarpus plumbagineus24 Feb 1956B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4843a WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

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95111 Crossopteryx febrifuga22 Feb 1956B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4797 GOE Launert WIND
Caprivi: Andara. On Caprivi side of Okavango River near Andara Mission Station. On outcrops of metamorphosed sandstone.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

30 ft high; Tree; Notes: Tree 30 feet high. Bark roughish. Mbukushu: 'Murombe'.

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95120 Cucumis metuliferus11 Feb 1956B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4614 WIND
Caprivi: Diyona Camp near Nyangana Mission.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Climber; Notes: Deep grey sandy soil. Climber in grass with tendrils. Flowers yellow. Fruits oblong, armed with blunt spines, deep green marbled round the spines becoming red when ripe. Fruits and peduncles exuding red juice when injured. Diriko: 'tenda'

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95121 Cyanotis foecunda23 Feb 1956B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4828 WIND
Caprivi: Caprivi side of river at Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Herb; Notes: Small herb with blue flowers. Petals, 3 stamens bearded at apex. In shade of trees in soil rich in humus. Mbukushu: 'Uvuro'.Quoted in:FSA 4,2:56 (1985) as Cyanotis foecunda Hassk. by Obermeyer & Faden. Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 157:10 (1967).

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95144 Diospyros mespiliformis16 Jan 1956B de Winter
B de Winter 4277 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

30 ft high; Tree; Notes: Tree 30' with fairly rough grey bark and dense dark green canopy. Fruits edible. Mbukushu: Nunda.

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95146 Diplorhynchus condylocarpon16 Jan 1956B de Winter
B de Winter 4281 H Huber WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Okavango Native Territory: Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Tree; Notes: Tree 20 feet high with rough fissured corky bark & light green foliage. Sandy soil. Mbukushu - Munoma

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93891 Echinochloa colona12 Feb 1969B de Winter
B de Winter 9132 ES Klaassen WIND
In water of small pan in open grassland. Sandy, fairly humus rich soil.Caprivi: 8 miles south of northern border on firebreak 18 west of Katima Mulilo, Caprivi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C10

Erect perennial.

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95183 Gloriosa superba13 Jan 1956B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4239 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara. Shitangadimba Camp at Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Herb; Notes: Erect herb, flowers with perianth, lobes yellow at base, scarlet upwards. Often also climbing in shrubs. Sandy soil. Corr. nom.: SB 8.2003.

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95209 Indigofera astragalina25 Feb 1956B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4866 WIND
Caprivi: Okavango Native Territory. 16 miles west of Andara on road to Rundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Herb; Notes: Erect, annual herb with rufescent stems and petioles. Wings of flower pink. Standard and keel cream fugacious. Growing in deep sandy soil. Growing on deep red sandy soil.

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95212 Indigofera subulata var. subulata17 Jan 1956B de Winter
B de Winter 4298 WIND
Caprivi: Okavango Native Territory. Island Tahue opposite Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Notes: Subshrub, 2-3 meters high. Flowers orangy-red.

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95217 Kigelia africana subsp. africana21 Jan 1956B de Winter
B de Winter 4355 WIND
Caprivi: Island Tjaro in Okavango River opposite Kak Camp.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

40 ft high; Tree; Notes: Large tree 40 feet with sausage-like fruits and compound leaves. Seeds of fruits roasted, pounded and eaten. Sandy soil.Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 128:3 (1967) as Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.

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95225 Lannea discolor16 Jan 1956B de Winter
B de Winter 4274 WIND
Caprivi: Okavango Native Territory: Shitangadimba Camp near Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

15 ft high; Shrub; Tree; Notes: Shrub with large compound leaves growing into a tree 15 feet. Sandy soil. Mbukushu:- 'Mushama'

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95402 Lannea discolor22 Feb 1956B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4795 WIND
Caprivi: On Caprivi side of Kavango River near Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A10

Tree; Notes: Tree growing in cracks in rock. Lower surface of leaves brownish tomentose to almost white. Outcrop of metamorphosed sandstone. Quoted in: Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 74:3 (1968) as Lannea discolor (Sonder) Engler.

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95238 Markhamia obtusifolia13 Jan 1966B de Winter
B de Winter 4224 WIND
Caprivi: 13.5 miles west of Andara Mission Station on road to Nyangana.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

10 ft high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub 10' high with chrome yellow flowers.Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 128:4 (1968) as Markhamia obtusifolia (Baker) Sprague.

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95247 Mimosa pigra14 Jan 1956B de Winter
B de Winter 4248 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Shrub; Notes: Thorny shrub growing on river banks. Flowering heads pink; pods rust brown setose. Leaves close up like those of M. pudica when touched.

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95252 Murdannia simplex17 Jan 1956B de Winter
H-J Wiss
B de Winter 4306 WIND
Caprivi: Andara: along Mill stream at Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Notes: Flowers blue with 2 fertile stamens and 3 staminades with elongate connective; yellow base of fertile stamens with purple hairs.Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 157:11 (1967).

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93851 Panicum maximum14 Feb 1969B de Winter
B de Winter 9167 WIND
Caprivi: 40 miles south-west of Katima Mulilo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D40

Graminoid; Notes: Annual with soft stem and leaves and woolly inflorescence. Common in sandy areas in most of the Caprivi. Altitude: 1000 - 1500 feet.

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95333 Strychnos spinosa22 Feb 1956B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4798 WIND
Caprivi: Andara. Okavango Native Territory.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

15 ft high; Tree; Notes: Tree 15 feet high. Bark fairly smooth. Fruits pale green, slightly speckled, 3 inches in diameter. Branches with recurved thorns. Mbukushu: 'Ushe'.

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95338 Syzygium guineense subsp. guineense13 Jan 1956B de Winter
B de Winter 4232 WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Okavango N.T.: On island in Okavango River at Anadara.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Tree; Notes: Tree with light bark growing on edge of river, fruit deep purple when ripe. Fruits eaten by natives. Sandy soil.

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95364 Vitex mombassae22 Feb 1956B de Winter
W Marais
B de Winter 4796 CL Bredenkamp WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Shitangadimba Camp at Andara Mission Station.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

Shrub; Notes: Shrublet or small tree up to 12 inches. Fruits green. 'Mushembere' - Mbukushu.

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