Records determined by Coleen Mannheimer

Determinations: 102

The following is a list of the records determined by Coleen Mannheimer in species name order.

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
94774Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus8 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1402 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

250 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, 250 cm high, with woody stems and twining upper branches. Leaves: very similar to 1403, but not hairy. Compound, leaflets oval, opposite, very slightly discolorous, mostly imparipinnate. Fruits: pods, clustered, brown and leathery, splitting to reveal oval red seeds with a black tip.

-17.78330025.2075005
94780Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha10 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1444 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

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.

-17.78330025.2075005
94584Acacia sieberiana var. woodii1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 742 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site A1, Mixed woodland near Sikanjabuka.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

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

-17.77694024.5038904
93944Adansonia digitata4 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 786 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Campsite.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C2 0

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Young tree, 3 m tall. Single, fairly fat stem, smooth, grey. Leaves digitate - 1 to 5 fingers/leaflets, slippery, smooth, floppy leaves.

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80226Aeschynomene cristataNo dateC Mannheimer
C Mannheimer Seasonally inundated plainRoad to Kalizo/Zembezi Mubala Lodge Caprivi0Namibia1724D1940

-17.55157024.5518477
94784Afzelia quanzensis7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1387 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3 930

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.

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94375Albizia versicolor15 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1342 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

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.

-17.95306024.4491704
93950Amblygonocarpus andongensis31 Dec 2000D Lutombi
D Lutombi 16 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: 2 km from Katima Mulilio.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

1500 cm high; Tree; Notes: Exposure: sunlight. Slope: flat. A big tree, with long branches, 1500 cm high. Leaves: simple, oval-shape, green, fine texture. Stem: grey and rough bark, erect stem. Indigenous name: Musheshe (Lozi). Common.

-17.62500024.3750005
95544Antidesma rufescens14 Apr 2001K Sharpe
K Sharpe 112 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Lianshulu Lodge.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A20

Tree; Notes: Height: 1- 3 m. Leaves present. Occurence: common.

-18.12500023.3750002
80227Antidesma venosumNo dateC Mannheimer
C Mannheimer Caprivi Strip0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)0

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80228Antidesma venosumNo dateC Mannheimer
C Mannheimer RiverbankMahangu Safari Lodge0Namibia1821B11003

-18.13838021.6806107
94593Antidesma venosum6 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1370 C Mannheimer S Bartsch WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

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.

-17.87500024.6250004
94793Artabotrys brachypetalus8 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1401 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Creeper; Notes: Creeper with woody stem, round, brown. Leaves: ovate, with rounded base and apex. Soft when young, more leathery when older. Young stems, petioles and leaves velvety. Leaf discolorous, alternate, midvein prominent below. Flower: on ends of a curved hook of stem. Three green, nearly circular sepals enclosing 6 cream-green petals. Whole thing globose and 1 cm in diameter, pendulent.

-17.78330025.2075005
93840Aspilia mossambicensis5 Mar 2003P Reiner
P Reiner 14 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: 70km West of Katima; along tarred road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D40

Notes: 30cm High. Grows among grass. Latitude: 17 47' 26.6'S. Longitude: 23 47' 21.3'E.

-17.79083023.7725005
94377Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 677 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M8, near Chaka Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high. Older stems brown, younger ones green, all very stiff and woody. Leaves with 2 leaflets below a spine. Mopane woodland, sandy plain.

-17.85778024.4700004
94596Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 633 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: 4 km NE of Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Simple stem about 2 cm in diameter, with short lateral branches low down. Branches very stiff. Stem greenish, stiff succulent. Sessile leaves green, concolorous, in whorls. Spiny. Mopane woodland. Corr. nom.: SR 01.2008.

-17.82250024.6019404
93957Baphia massaiensis subsp. obovata var. obovata27 Dec 2000D Lutombi
D Lutombi 3 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: 2 km from Katima Mulilio.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

2000 cm high; bush; Notes: Exposure: sunlight. Slope: flat. Bushy, long branches, not easily broken, 2000 cm high. Flowers: brown and white, fine texture. Leaves: compound, oval shape and green colour. Stem: brown, bark contain water when peeled. Indigenous names: Isunde (Lozi). Common.

-17.62500024.3750005
94597Baphia massaiensis subsp. obovata var. obovata24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 614 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

2.5 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2.5 m high. Untidy, with pods. Medium brown stems with conspicuous white lenticels. Flowers on ends of lateral shoots. All branches turning upwards. Leaves held erect, slightly paler below, obovate. Flowers pale pink with a yellow spot in throat. Lean flowers with protruding stamens. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

-17.80889024.5388904
94601Bobgunnia madagascariensis22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 601 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0

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.

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94741Boscia integrifolia5 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1327 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Conservancy.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D40

4 m high; Tree; Shrub; Notes: Tree, 4 m high. Stem: one thick central stem, but lots of others growing outward around it, rough, grey, young growth straw coloured. Leaves: very stiff and leathery, alternate to subopposite, badly eaten and infested. Very sharp tip. There are others - more suffrutex, but stiff stems.

-17.90861024.8388904
93812Boscia mossambicensis5 Mar 2003CJH Hines
CJH Hines 1152 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: About 65 km east of Koupla on main Katima road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D2950

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, up tp 1.5 m high. No flowers or fruit. Leaves tough leathery, hairless, with stiff bristle on end. Common. Area of open mopane woodland. Soil clay loams.

-17.73306023.9086105
94799Boscia mossambicensis9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1443 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

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.

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76440Bulbostylis hispidula10 Feb 2012C Mannheimer
C Mannheimer Tree and shrub savannaOtjosondu surrounds0Namibia2118A1 1489

Annual sedge. Red sandy plain. Common.

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76441Bulbostylis hispidula11 Feb 2012C Mannheimer
C Mannheimer Tree and shrub savannaOtjosondu surrounds0Namibia2118A1 1489

Annual sedge. Red sandy plain. Common.

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76442Bulbostylis hispidula12 Feb 2012C Mannheimer
C Mannheimer Tree and shrub savannaOtjosondu surrounds0Namibia2118A1 1489

Annual sedge. Red sandy plain. Common.

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94476Capparis tomentosa2 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1294 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Floodplain island on eastern floodplain, East Caprivi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 4 m tall, climbing into other trees. Stems green. Paired hooked thorns at nodes. Leaves velvety. Fruit globose, hanging down. Most species shaded.

-17.54333024.7388904
94807Capparis tomentosa9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1433 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

120 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 120 cm high. Stems: velvety, with very small prickles. Leaves: concolorous, velvety, especially below.

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80229Chamaecrista falcinella var. parvifloraNo dateC Mannheimer
C Mannheimer Red sandy plainOkonjima Lodge0Namibia2016D31638

-20.84493016.6493007
94486Combretum zeyheri1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 706 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site B5. Burkea woodland next to tarred road just south of Bukalo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

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

-17.73806024.5419404
94618Combretum zeyheri1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 737 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site B7, Mixed woodland near Mukasa village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

-17.78889024.5069404
93843Commiphora africana31 Oct 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1256 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Unidentified track South of B8, East Caprivi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D40

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

-17.77861023.7927805
94491Corchorus tridens27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 667 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site M4. Bukalo area.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

20 cm high; Herb; Notes: Ndebele - cook and eat. Herb, 20 cm high. Sell at the markets. Can dry the leaves. Only after rains. Mopane woodland.

-17.71611024.5461104
94492Cordia pilosissima2 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1296 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Island on eastern floodplain, East of Katima Mulilo, East Caprivi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

Flopping shrub up to 5 m tall, but leaning on other plants, when not on other plants, the branches grow outwards rather than upwards, about 8 m from base. With flower buds in axillary sprays and old flowers. Old flower with a fleshy, persistent calyx surrounding a globose fruit.

-17.54333324.7388894
94559Cordia pilosissima2 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1288 C Mannheimer WIND
FloodplainCaprivi: Shaded copse / floodplain island. Eastern floodplains, eastern Caprivi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D20

Clambering shrub, 2 m tall. Smooth brown stems. Leaves coarsely hairy, almost round, get very large.

-17.54861124.7833334
94826Cordia pilosissima8 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1409 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

Shrubs, up to 1.2 cm tall, with smooth, light brown stems. Leaves large, floppy, velvety, almost round. Petioles with long hairs. Leaves discolorous with conspicuous venation below. Fruit developing inside a cup shaped, fleshy calyx.

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94627Crossopteryx febrifuga1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 740 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site B7, Mixed woodland near Mukasa village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

-17.78889024.5069404
93139Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1428 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Omega III to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41016

1.2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1.2 m high, yellow-green grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets clustered. Occasional.

-17.97583022.4833305
93324Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius21 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1365 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: 141 km from Bagani bridge to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41033

grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass. Leaves blue-green in colour. Ligule a fringed membrane, base cordate. Inflorescence terminal, spikelets clustered. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun in moist depression.

-17.87444022.8755605
93418Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius23 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1417 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Kongola Airstrip, in a westerly direction.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1998

grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Ligule a membrane. Leaf base cordate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Common, in full sun, in sandy soil.

-17.74972023.1594405
95378Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1337 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Bagani to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11044

grass; Notes: Tufted grass. Leaves linear, blue-green. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescencea spike. Spikelet awns twisted, black.

-18.05750022.1025002
95440Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1443 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Omega III to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A21021

grass; Notes: Tall tufted, 2 m high, yellow-green grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets clustered. Occasional.

-18.00778022.4219402
95488Cymbopogon caesius subsp. caesius22 Jan 2006S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1393 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Caprivi/Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2987

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass, blue-green in colour. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point, leaf base cordate. Ligule a membrane. Common, in damp clay soil of omuramba, in full sun.

-18.02583022.9675002
94633Dichrostachys cinerea25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 631 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site, at edge of pan.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

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

0.0000000.0000004
93986Diplorhynchus condylocarpon31 Dec 2000D Lutombi
D Lutombi 22 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: 2 km from Katima Mulilio.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

200 cm high; Tree; Notes: Slope: flat. A large tree with poor branches, 200 cm high. Leaves: simple, oval shape, texture fine, green colour. Stem: grey with rough barks, erect, when peeled sticky milk will be observed. Indigenous name: Mulya (Lozi). Rare.

-17.62500024.3750005
94637Diplorhynchus condylocarpon27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 681 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

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.

-17.80889024.5388904
93335Elionurus tripsacoides21 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1381 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Omega III in omuramba.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D41028

grass; Notes: Tufted, perennial grass. Leaves linear, ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a spike. Glumes ciliate, spikelets sessile. Uncommon, in full sun.

-17.85194022.9105605
93424Elionurus tripsacoides23 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1416 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Kongola Airstrip, in a westerly direction.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1998

grass; Notes: Tufted grass, blue-green in colour with a purple tinge. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelets sessile. Uncommon, in sandy soil, in full sun.

-17.74972023.1594405
80232Entada arenaria subsp. arenariaNo dateC Mannheimer
C Mannheimer Sandy plainS of Katere, Kavango0Namibia1820B2 1063

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93992Erythrophleum africanum5 Oct 2001CJH Hines
CJH Hines 1119 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: On small track between Katima Mulilo and Kwena village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C2930

Tree; Notes: Tree. Up to 8 m in height. Growing on deep dystrophic sands which are heavily leached. Flowers in axillary spikes (few in tree). Leaves pale green when young. Softly hairy. Common.

-17.65000024.3333305
94640Erythrophleum africanum24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 618 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B6, Simataa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

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

-17.80889024.5388904
94402Euclea divinorum6 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1355 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site # 4.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 4 m tall. Floppy branches. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

-17.93417024.4013904
94642Euclea divinorum30 Dec 2000K Sharpe
K Sharpe 3 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Ngoma.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D40

Tree; Notes: Height: 1 - 3 m. Small tree, with leaves. Rare.

-17.87333024.7513904
94647Ficus verruculosa1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 720 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site A1. Mixed woodland near Sikanjabuka.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0

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

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94845Flacourtia indica9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1424 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

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.

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94650Friesodielsia obovata1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 732 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B7, Mixed woodland near Mukasa village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

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94563Gisekia pharnaceoides var. pharnaceoides9 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 169 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Nsundwa?: South of Schuckmannsburg: - marshy plain along river.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D20

Herb; Notes: Prostrate herb. Stems trailing, limp, slender but gibbose, terete, green to maroon-tinted, glabrous or with scattered, fine, white indumentum. Leaves opposite but normally tending to cluster, simple, sessile; lamina narrowly ovate to lanceolate, apex minutely apiculate, base cuneate, margin entire, somewhat revolute, midrib abaxially prominent, up to 40 x 30 mm, dull green to yellow-green to maroon-tinted, adaxially glabrous, abaxially with very sparse white adpressed indumentum. Flowers in axillary umbels, small, up to 3 mm in diameter; peduncle 2 - 45 mm long (usually elongating after flowering). Pedicel 4 - 10 mm long. Sepals 5, free, ovate, up to 3 x 1.5 mm, pink with hyaline margins. Petals lacking. Stamens 10; filaments pink; anthers cream-coloured. Common: especially in disturbed areas!.

-17.62500024.8750004
95182Gladiolus dalenii subsp. dalenii22 Jan 1969JWH Giess
JWH Giess 10556 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Dikundu, south of Andara.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A2 0

Notes: Bulbs received from Prof. Dr. O. Khler for identification purposes. Veldkos of bushmen. Knolle with light, fibreous outer layer and numerous new bulbs, which are up to pea-size. Erect plant, up to 60 cm high. Flowers sulphur yellow, with very fine red stripes, which are unconspicuous. Bulbs were received in October 1968. Khwe-name: /on.

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93997Gloriosa superba4 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 785 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Campsite.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

Notes: Spiny green leaves curling at tips. Flowers orange with yellow edges to petals.

-17.50000024.3600005
94410Grewia bicolor24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 625 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site GH5. South-west of Muyako Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

Notes: Smooth leaves shiny green when young, darker green when older. No hair. Stem round, grey. Berries up to 3 on a stalk. Single or 2 balls.

-17.91806024.3950004
94002Guibourtia coleosperma31 Dec 2000D Lutombi
D Lutombi 20 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: 2 km from Katima Mulilio.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

3000 cm high; Tree; Notes: Slope: flat. It can grow to become a big tree, 300 cm high. Leaves: simple, oval shape in two pairs occurence, fine texture. Bark: black and rough, upward erect. Fruit and seed: oval shape, red. Indigenous name: Muzauli (Lozi). Common.

-17.62500024.3750005
94565Gunillaea rhodesica9 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 171 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Nsundwa?: South of Schuckmannsburg:- marshy plain along river.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D20

Herb; Notes: Perennial herb, 30 cm high. Stem basally fairly woody; young stem green with scattered white indumentum, rigid and much branched from base. Leaves spirally arranged (occasionally clustered) simple, sessile; lamina narrowly ovate, apex acute, base cuneate, margin irregularly dentate, up to 30 x 3 mm (but usually much smaller), dull yellow-green with scattered, white indumentum, midrib abaxially conspicuous. Flowers in sparse terminal racemes, campanulate, slightly pendulous small, 4 mm in diameter, 7 mm long. Petals 5, fused, blue with white bases. Sepals 5, free, minute, 2.5 mm long, persistent. Stigma clavate, white, conspicuous. Fruit an elongate, cuneiform capsule, slightly falcate, 15 x 1-2.5 mm, sepals apically persistent.

-17.62500024.8750004
94852Gymnosporia senegalensis7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1375 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

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.

-17.78330025.2075005
94419Hoslundia opposita4 Mar 2003CJH Hines
CJH Hines 1146 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: About 14 km south-east of Bukalo on the main Bukalo - Muyako road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C4940

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, up to 1.2 meters high. Growing on side of termitaria. Flowers in terminal clusters, white. Fruits when young green, hard. When mature bright orange with distinct fruit, softly fleshy. Area of mopane woodland with scattered termitaria, numerous small pans. Soils largely clays and clay loams, blackish.

-17.84639024.4438904
95589Hoslundia opposita21 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 678 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Balelwa - banks of channel.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A20

subshrub; Notes: Straggly subshrub, 1 m or more. Stems brittle, 4-angled, initially with short brown indumentum. Lamina ovate, 50 x 18 mm, gradually tapering, dark green, more or less glabrous, thinly textured, margin coarsely dentate. Inflorescence axillary/terminal panicle; branchlets opposite. Flower 8 mm long, bilabiate, yellow-cream.

-18.12500023.3750002
95648Hoslundia opposita6 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 637 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Nkasa Island - 'Chivumu' - on banks of pool.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B30

Herb; Notes: Perennial herb, up to 1 m high. Stems rigid, 4-angled; branchlets densely pubescent. Lamina ovate - elliptic, 50 x 20 mm, dark green, margin dentate, minutely pubescent. Inflorescence terminal panicle. Flowers 6 mm long; sepals fused, extending 2/3 of length.

-18.37500023.6250002
93157Hyperthelia dissoluta24 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1427 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Omega III to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C41016

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green 2 m high grass. Leaves ovate, tapering to a sharp point. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Occasional.

-17.97583022.4833305
93438Hyperthelia dissoluta23 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1418 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Road from Kongola Airstrip, in a westerly direction.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C1998

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high, yellow-green in colour grass. Ligule a triangular membrane. Spikelets terminal, pedicellate. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

-17.74972023.1594405
95399Hyperthelia dissoluta20 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen 1335 C Mannheimer WIND
Okavango, Rundu District: Bagani to Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A11027

grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green grass. Ligule a triangular membrane. Spikelets terminal, pedicellate.

-18.04417022.0116702
94010Justicia exigua22 Feb 1983MAN Müller
E Irish
MAN Müller 3162 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi, Katima Mulilo: Some 20 km west of Katima Mulilo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724A30

Annual herb, semi-prostrate. Flowers white.

-17.37300024.2230005
94341Justicia exigua15 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 280 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi, Katima Mulilo District: Some 7 km along turn-off to Chinchimane from National Road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C30

-17.87500024.1250004
94524Kirkia acuminata1 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 716 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site B4, Burkea woodland just south of Bukalo.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

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

-17.74194024.5250004
94864Kirkia acuminata8 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1395 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. At lodge buildings.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

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.

-17.78330025.2075005
95652Lantana angolensis6 Dec 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 635 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Nkasa Island - 'Chivumu' - on banks of pool.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B30

Herb; Notes: Perennial herb. Stems erect, much-branched (opposite), initially densely hispid. Leaves opposite; lamina ovate, dark olive-green, crinkly due to deep venation, margin scalloped to dentate. Inflorescence axillary, spicate, 2 cm long; bracts foliaceous. Nutlets irregularly facetted more or less ovoid.

-18.37500023.6250002
93779Ludwigia adscendens subsp. diffusa6 Dec 1974B Van de Waal
B Van de Waal 1 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Singalamwe, Kwando. Kongola: bank of stream.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C40

-17.87500023.3750005
94428Ludwigia adscendens subsp. diffusa25 Oct 1974B Van de Waal
B Van de Waal 54 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Singalamwe, Liambezi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

-17.87500024.3750004
80223Ludwigia leptocarpaNo dateC Mannheimer
C Mannheimer Slow-moving side channel of riverNear Namushasha River Lodge0Namibia1723C4963

-17.98738723.2937777
94430Maerua angolensis5 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1353 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

310 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrubs, 310 cm tall, brown stems, lanceolate, velvety leaves. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

-17.93417024.4013904
94679Markhamia obtusifolia24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 616 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site 19, OK3.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

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

-17.80889024.5388904
94870Mimosa pigra7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1381 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

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.

-17.78330025.2075005
94871Mimusops zeyheri8 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1407 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

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.

-17.78330025.2075005
94684Ochna pulchra subsp. pulchra22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 610 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

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

0.0000000.0000004
94574Persicaria madagascariensis9 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs 172 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Nsundwa ?: South of Schuckmannsburg:- marshy plain along river.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D20

Herb; Notes: Straggling annual herb, up to 40 cm when in flower. Stems flaccid, trailing but terminally erect, green to pink-tinted with long white indumentum, older portions surrounded by old leaf bases. Leaves spirally arranged, simple, sessile; lamina narrowly ovate to elliptic, apex tapering, base amplexicaulate, dull yellow-green, margin entire, ciliate, densely pubescent with fine, white, adpressed hairs on both surfaces, midrib abaxially prominent, diverging into numerous veins in sheath, sheath conspicuously fringed, up to 16 x 3 cm. Flowers in dense terminal spikes (usually dichasia), 50 mm long, borne on peduncles 1 - 9 cm long, brown, densely pubescent; flowers minute, 5 mm long. Perianth segments 5, ovate, free, pale pink, 4 x 2 mm. Stamens 5. Ovary black, hard, ovoid. Floral bract brown, pubescent, conspicuously ciliate, ovate.

-17.62500024.8750004
94761Philenoptera violacea26 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 664 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site S1, floodplain.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D40

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

-17.87806024.7580604
94881Phoenix reclinata7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1380 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island, riverine..2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

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.

-17.78330025.2075005
94691Piliostigma thonningii28 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 698 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site GH2. Floodplain edge near Maunpa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

-17.89806024.7219404
80236Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifoliaNo dateC Mannheimer
C Mannheimer Caprivi0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)0

0.0000000.0000000
94534Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 668 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site M4. Bukalo area.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D10

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

-17.71611024.5461104
94695Pterocarpus angolensis28 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 685 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site B2. Near Masiye Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0

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.

4
95092Rotheca myricoides23 Dec 2003PF Horn
PF Horn Number unknown C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Katima Mulilo District: near Mangamba - 2 km from tar road from Rundu to Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A20

150 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Straight shrub, 150 cm high. Stems many, straight, thin, growing upwards. Bark glandular, light grey. Flowers light mauve/green, smooth, clustered. Uncommon, in well-drained sand in interdunal street, in open woodland.

-18.12500021.3750002
94031Schrebera trichoclada24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 623 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M4. Bukalo area (NE).0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

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.

-17.71611024.3950005
94701Sclerocarya birrea subsp. afra22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 612 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94576Searsia quartiniana2 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1293 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Shaded coppice on floodplain Island. Eastern floodplains. East Caprivi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D20

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 4 m tall - pendulent leaves.

-17.54861024.7833304
94698Searsia quartiniana28 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 692 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site GH4, floodplain edge near Nankale Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

10 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 10 m high. Smooth, brown stem, use branches for building poles.

-17.95000024.6511104
94886Searsia quartiniana8 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1414 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 6 m tall. New growth brown, velvety. Leaves: shiny green, smooth above, light green and rough below. Upper surface shiny and sticky. Margins very slightly crenate.

-17.78330025.2075005
94697Searsia tenuinervis25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 634 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

1.6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.6 m high. Flowering, fairly common. Leaves very velvety - no petiolules. Margin double crenate. Mopane woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94032Securidaca longepedunculata31 Dec 2000D Lutombi
D Lutombi 18 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: 2 km from Katima Mulilio.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C2 0

30 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Exposure: sun light. Slope: flat. Shrub with lots of leaves, 30 cm high. Leaves: simple, oval shaped, fine texture. Stem: thin and poor erect upwards. Common.

5
94891Sesbania sesban var. nubica7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1378 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island. On side of Zambezi River.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

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

-17.78330025.2075005
94039Strychnos potatorum28 May 1999C Mannheimer
C Mannheimer 750 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Katima Mulilo Golf Club.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

800 cm high; Tree; Notes: Perennial tree, 800 cm high. Leaves: 5-veined from just above base. Fruits and seed: fruit deep purple-black, ripe. Other: trees 8-10 m tall, all seed was collected from a single tree. Very attractive tree. Occasional.

-17.62500024.3750005
94910Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1379 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m tall, riverine. Stems: smooth, grey. New growth velvety. Leaves: with marked pulvinus, sometimes paripinnate, sometimes imparipinnate. Petiole up to 15 cm long, velvety. Rachis velvety. Petiolules thick. Leaflets smooth, dark green above, yellow green and velvety below with marked venation. Fruit: ovoid, green, velvety, with 6 segments demarcated by grooves.

-17.78330025.2075005
94050Vitex mombassae21 Dec 2000D Lutombi
D Lutombi 14 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: 2 km from Katima Mulilio.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

200 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Slope: flat. Plant which is easily broken, 200 cm high. Leaves: simple, oval shape, green, fine texture. Stem: grey with poor barks, erect stem. Common.

-17.62500024.3750005
94465Ximenia americana var. microphylla24 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 626 C Mannheimer WIND
Caprivi: Site GH5. South-west of Muyako Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

Notes: 1.6 m high. Only 1 fruit.

-17.91806024.3950004
94914Ximenia americana var. microphylla9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1425 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

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.

-17.78330025.2075005


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