Records made by Aurelio Banze

Shrubby tree. Flowers slightly over here but seen elsewhere, creamy-white. Fruits chestnut-brown when mature, held above horizontal leafy branches.

Arvore, caule rugosa, folhas recompostas,

Tree to 6 m tall with arching branches. Fruits green with velvety grey-green hairs; seeds with bright orange aril.

Tree about 5 to 7 m tall, grey bark white flowers, with aromatic smell.

Erect annual herb, delicate pink flowers with pale yellow throat.

Tree about 6 to 8 m tall, bark grey, whitish green flowers.

Shrub to 4 m tall. Leaves dark green and glossy above. Fruits green with fuscous short hairs; stigmas brown green.

Small tree to 3 m. Leaves hard, sclerophyllous, older ones with lichens on upper surface; very marked drip-tips.

Arbusto de 6m alt, caule castanho liso de seiva doce, folhas simples opostas com estipula

Shrub. Flowers white, lobes recurved, stigma white, 2-lobed. Fruits green or with purplish tinge.

Straggling shrub with pendulous branches. Young fruits only, green. Inflorescence supra-axillary.

Shrub to 2 m. Fleshy leaves. Small green fruits clustered in axils.

Shrub about 4 m tall, axillary fruits, dark brown when ripe.

Semi-deciduous tree to 9 m tall, bark grey, roughly flaking; occasional in mixed deciduous coastal woodland on sands.

Green leaves, inflorescence axillary, grey roots.

Arvore com 12m, folhas compostas oposta imparpinadas, flores branco pequenas

Small tree, 5 m tall with milky latex, fruit brown with lenticels

Arvore de 8m, caule rugoso castanho com seiva branca colante

Small tree about 4 m tall, terminal inflorescence, white flowers, yellowish green fruits.

Tree to 4 m. Long spicate axillary inflorescence, greenish-white with yellow anthers. Many ants farming scale insects.

Arbusto 2m altura, folhas alternada palmada, flores amarelas com cheiro agradavel, fruto com formato de vagem de 2 sementes inserido alternadamente no topo da planta.

Shrub to 2.5 m tall. Leaves silvery beneath. Flowers yellow; young fruits green, turning brown with maturity.

Deciduous tree 4-6 m high; occasional in semi-deciduous woodland; flowers scarlet.

Tree about 8 to 10 m tall, flowers in buds.

Terrestrial orchid to c. 30 cm tall, largely leafless; swollen white rootstock. Tepals pink, short rounded spur yellowish, throat white with mauve speckling, labellum with brownish central area.

Annual plant about 40 to 60 cm tall, with white bulb, light purple flowers.

Small tree, about 6 m tall, with yellowish latex, green fruits and eatable.

Small evergreen tree to 7 m tall, in forest patch in Parinari plateau woodland on sandy soils.

Erva toda ela verde que aparenta brobolhas raspantes, folhas, simples alternada, avermelhado na base da bainha

Evergreen tree to 6 m tall, branching ca. horizontal; on edge of riverine forest dominated by Syzygium guineense.

Trailing slender herb. Minute green flowers and fruit.

Rubbery aquatic attached with holdfast to rocks. Plants exposed by lower water level now flowering, but with few leaves.

Aquatic herb with strong holdfast roots. Leaves feathery, stems rubbery.

Small tree to 3 m tall, dense foliage on lateral branches. Male flowers minute, red-green.

Arvore de caule muito forte e cascas fina, de cerca de 10m altura, pequenas folhas simples alternada

Herb with woody stems. 20 -40 cms tall, fruit pods.

Tree about 7 m tall, bark brown, leaves bipinnate, with stipules.

Tree about 8 to 10 m tall, dark brown bark, flowering.

Herb about 1 m tall, flowers white.

Scrambling shrub to 4 m tall, frequent in Parinari-Psorospermum plateau woodland on sandy soils.

Climber to 8 m high with white latex; in dry forest patch with a mosaic of deciduous mixed woodland on sandy soils. Occasional. Fruit gree, finely speckled with creamish dots.

Erect or pendulous branches on shaded riverbank.

Arbusto de 5m altura, caule liso, folhas verde e vermelhas na sua epoca de caducidade, fruto circular verde

Shrubs to 1.5 m or small tree. Leaves with long petioles. Fruits on side shoots, reddish above.

Small tree, 3 to 5 m tall, milk latex present, inflorescence axillare, flowers in bud.

Climbing herb or liana, here sprawling near the ground; stipules deeply forked, somewhat reflexed. Corolla pale yellowish-green with centre orange turning brown, 4 or 5 lobes.

Large arching fronds radiating from a thick rhizome; fronds can have many tens of pinnae, up to 2.5 m long or more. No fertile fronds found.

Small shrub about 2 to 4 tall, flowering but still in buds.

Small tree or shrub, up to 3 m tall. Collected previously in bud only, here in full flower. Corolla white, 4-lobed, 4 long-exserted white stamens.

Shrub to 2.5 m tall, widely branched. Leaves sticky when pressed, glossy. In bud only, green.

Shrub about 4 m tall, with yellow flowers.

Untidily branched perennial herb. Bracts green turning brown. Corolla white, stamens not exserted. Mostly past flowering at this time of year.

Arbusto com 50 cm, flores brancas, folhas simples opostas com 1mm de peciolos, caule amarelado

Shrub to 3 m tall. Petals cream-coloured, woolly within; stamens yellow.

Small tree, about 5 to 7 m tall, back grey and rugose, fruiting, green fruit.

Pendulous stems growing from rock crevices, some young stems spiny. Fruits white, fleshy.

Shrub to 2.5 m. Fruits green turning brown-black, often on leafless portions of branches.

Erect terrestrial orchid to 60 cm tall with swollen ovoid tuber, strongly angular stems. Bracts green in lower portion, turning white distally. Tepals pale green externally, white within, labellum 2-lobed with broad central notch, yellow centrally.

Arbusto de 7m, caule acastanhado muito forte, nao bem recto, folhas alterndas, simples, peciolos 2mm, flores de cor de vinho esbranquissado

Small slender single-stemmed deciduous tree to 5 m, infrutesence pink-purple; in mixed deciduous escarpment woodland on gravelly loam soils.

Liana, with hooks on young branches; leaves glossy, dark green. Flowers pale orange. Fruits (collected by J. Massumbi) pale red, globose.

Trepadeira muito ramificado toda ela verde com cerca e 6m, fruto vermelho quanto maduro, folhas simples opostas

Evergreen tree to 7 m tall with very pale smooth bark; in dry semi-deciduous forest, in forest/thicket/woodland mosaic on sandy soils. Scarce. Sterile.

Climber about 4 m tall, flowers in buds, tendrils opposite leaves.

Shrub to 2.5 m, leaves vivid green; sharp thorns on older branches. Flowers in bud only, pale green.

Small shrubby tree to 4 m. Some old fruits to 6 cm diameter. Flowering on new growth.

Evergreen shrubby tree to 5 m tall, leaves glossy above; occasional in dense thicket on sandy soils.

Chopped tree to 4 m high, in secondary scrub in degraded/logged woodland/forest.

Tall evergreen tree with deeply fluted trunk, bark grey, smoothish to flaking; in riverine woodland.

Arvore 17m, caule muito ondulado preto-branco liso casca cor de vinho, folhas simples alternadas

Small understorey tree to 5 m. Leaves leathery. Flowers just finished; fruits purple-tinged.

Large evergreen tree to 15 m or more, hanging over river, component of riverine forest; lower bole massively buttressed like pages in a book.

Evergreen much-branched tree to 4 m tall; locally frequent component of understorey of swamp forest dominated by Anthocleista grandiflora, Voacanga thourasii, Antidesma vogeliana, Xylopia aethiopica and the fern Stenochlaena tenuifolia.

Planta parasita de folhas alongadas paraleninevia alternada, rais carnudas adventicias sobre uma rocha

Small slender tree to 6 m tall, in understorey of swamp forest, dominated by Anthocleista grandiflora, Voacanga thourasii, Antidesma vogeliana, Xylopia aethiopica and the fern Stenochlaena tenuifolia. Only one specimen seen.

Herb to 2 m. Corolla pale mauve; filaments green-white, anthers yellow.

Tree to 20 m tall with stilt roots; dense dark green foliage. Fruits yellow-green speckled brown, turning pale brown.

Tree or large shrub. Foliage dark green, apparently evergreen. Leaves ovate with long petiole. Specimens nearby with stilt roots.

Deciduous small tree 2.5-3 m high, flowers yellow-cream, bark smooth, pale creamy-yellow powdery; scarce in open mixed deciduous coastal woodland on sands on edge of dambo.

Erect several-stemmed shrub to 2 m tall; in drainage line in degraded woodland on sandy soils.

Tree c. 7 m tall, dense very glossy foliage; leafy stems red-brown. Fruits green, glossy, within brown-green calyx.

Large deciduous tree (with new leaves) to 22 m tall, bark smothish, thinly flaking in vertical strips; occasional in decidous woodland at base of low escarpment at edge of alluvial floodplain.

Evergreen lactiferous tree to 10 m tall; fruit dark green with whitish spots which coalesce along the suture line; common in swamp forest dominated by Anthocleista grandiflora, Voacanga thourasii, Antidesma vogeliana, Xylopia aethiopica and the fern

Arvore de 8m, caule liso castanho com seiva branca colante que amarga, folhas simples opostas, flores brancas de 5 petalas

Slender perennial herb with tuberous vertical root, wiry branches. Flower buds yellow, open flowers sky blue.