Collections made by Mervyn Lötter

Dune scrub forest. Woody climber with tendrils.

Riverine vegetation in miombo woodland. -x000D- Query on plant label re: species.

KEW - ProNatura Project.-x000D- Trees 8 m tall with rounded canopy, not flat-topped. Bark papery and flaking, yellowish brown pieces. Rare-x000D- Habitat: Floodplain, open woodland, in soil.

KEW - ProNatura Project.-x000D- Prostrate., Occurrence: occasional

Scrambler 8 m high. Occasional-x000D- Habitat: drainage line in forest. Medium shade.

Stems leaning, not climbing, ca. 0.7 m tall. In open deciduous woodland on sandy soils.

Small tree (2 m tall) growing on deep sands in woodland. -x000D-

Shrub. Flowers white.

Large tree (Afzelia - like). Flowers white and prolific.

KEW - ProNatura Project.-x000D- 8 m tall, single-stemmed; smooth grey bark. Fruits brown. Occasional-x000D- Habitat: Open woodland. In sandy clay.

Shrub 1.5 m tall. Multi-stemmed. Flowers yellow-green, musty-smelling, not that visible and smell noticeable. Flowering near base. Occasional-x000D- Habitat: Closed shrubland, in well-drained sand. In full sun.

Tree, 15 m tall in miombo woodland. Buds starting near top of tree.

Flat topped tree. Smooth, pale bark.

As Brachystegia microphylla in BNRH. Tree, 10 m tall in miombo woodland. Bark pale. C. 39 pairs of leaflets.

Tree 6 m tall in riparian miombo woodland. Bark smooth, fissuring on old trunk.

Coppice growth.

Tree

Tree, 10 m tall. Bark pale. about 39 pairs of leaflets.

Tree 3 - 5 m tall. Flowers white.

Tree 3 - 5 m tall in coastal woodland. Flowers white.

Tree 20 m tall, bark pale, slightly flaking

Tree 20 m tall in woodland. Bark pale, slightly flaking.

Tree 15 m tall

Erect woody shrub ca. 1.5 m tall; not uncommon in open woodland.

Low procumbent shrub to 40 cm high, leaves thick and succulent, flowers pale pink, fruits reddish when ripe, longitudinally fissured. Rare in open shrubland [thicket] in full sun on bare rock [coral rag] on coastal plain.-x000D- [First record for Mozambiq

2-4 m tall; flowers with purple in upper petals.

1.5 m tall. Flowers splendid yellow.

Scrambler or straggly tree to 3 m tall; bark smooth brownish-grey. Uncommon; in thicket on termite mound.

Coppice growth; in woodland.

Woodland on deep sands. Large woody shrub; bark flaking.

Large woody shrub, bark flaking. -x000D- Habitat: woodland on deep sands.

Erect shrub 3.5 m tall, branching in top half of plant. Flowers yellow. Rare-x000D- Habitat: Poorly-drained floodplain; in open woodland; in full sun

Rounded tree on forest margin. Bark dark grey-brown. Leaves largely bi-coloured and glaucous beneath.

Suffrutex, 20 cm tall in woodland.

Growing in crevices in granite boulders., Occurrence: common

Tree 20 m tall. Trunk pale.

Tree to 5 m tall, bark grey & rough, flowers whitish; in woodland on sandy soils.

Single-stemmed tree, 7 m tall; flowers yellow; in floodplain thicket, savanna.

Large erect tree 10 m tall, bark greyish brown and lightly fissured. Fruits green. Occasional.-x000D- Habitat: River bank in open woodland.

Tree 3 m tall. Flowers red.

Tree 2.2 m tall in miombo woodland.

Large tree, 20 - 30 m tall.

5 m tall, bark pale grey. Flowers cream.

Big tree (15 m) growing on deep sands in woodland.

Large tree 20 m tall in miombo woodland.

10 m tall in Syzygium thicket. Spikes immature.

Dune scrub forest. 2m tall woody shrub.

10 m tall. Bark dark grey and rough. Fruiting branches drooping. Common.-x000D- Habitat: In closed woodland in full sun. On river bank, seasonally waterlogged.

Hydromorphic grassland in open miombo.

Shrublet with flat to rounded habit, 10-30 cm tall, flowers yellow, nodding; abundant along dam margin in area disturbed by fluctuating water level.

Tree to 2 m tall, stems squaris, flower buds white. In woodland/thicket mosaic on sandy soils.

Tree 15 m tall.

Woodland on deep sands.

Woodland on deep sands.

2 m tall; flowers red, growing on the margins of swamp forest dominated by Syzygium owariense.

Slender tree 4 m tall with red flowers. On forest margins or riparian edge. Drainage line. Occasional

Tree 7 m tall, bark grey, leaves held ca. horizontally; in woodland on sandy soils.

First record in Mozambique as a naturalised tree.

Tree 4 m tall, erect; coral thicket.

KEW - ProNatura Project.-x000D- Scrambler to 2 m. Fruits green. Stems green, smooth. Rare-x000D- Habitat: Open woodland, in sandy loam.

KEW - ProNatura Project.-x000D- Scrambler. Fruit ellipsoid, more or less smooth surface. Occasional-x000D- Habitat: Coastal plain, thicket. In well-drained sandy soil.-x000D- -x000D-

KEW - ProNatura Project.-x000D- Scrambler to 5 m high. Leaves bluish green, narrow. Flowers green-white. Fruit ellipsoid, smooth. Common.-x000D- Habitat: Coastal plain, thicket, sandy soil.

KEW - ProNatura Project.-x000D- Tree 5 m tall. Bark brown, slightly corky. Fruit covered in waxy bluish layer. Occasional.-x000D- Habitat: Closed woodland, in well-drained sandy soil.

Woodland on deep sands.

Climber 5 m tall.

Coppice growth to ca. 2 m tall, bark grey & smooth. In woodland, mixed & logged, on sandy soils.

Deciduous tree to 8 m tall, bark greyish yellow, rough; flowering mostly without leaves; standard hairy, yellowish-blue; in deciduous thicket on sandy soils.

Tree to 10 m tall, bark grey, smooth; flowers purple, in large sprays; uncommon; in thicket.

Scrambler 7 m high. Rare.-x000D- Habitat: Drainage line, thicket, in seasonally-waterlogged sand.

Evergreen lowland forest. Climber up to 5 m, red fruit.

Open forest. Scrambler. Leaves bluish underneath. Fruit green.

4 m tall tree in forest understorey. Fruit aborted.

KEW - ProNatura Project.-x000D- Shrub 3 m tall. Stem smooth. Flowers creamy white with numerous purple markings along veins. Occasional.-x000D- Habitat: Floodplain, open shrubland, in sandy loam.

KEW - ProNatura Project.-x000D- Climber to 2 m high, sepals chocolate-brown. Flowers pink. Growing in closed woodland in sandy soil. Occasional

Herb 1 m tall. Pink standard, purple keel. Common-x000D- Habitat: Forest on mountain slope in medium shade. In soil.

Rounded tree 8 m tall. Bark fissured an brown. Occasional. -x000D- Habitat: Open woodland on a plain. In clay loam.

5 m tall, bark smooth; flowers white with a bit of pink colouring. Not common; in woodland thicket on termite mound.

Tree, 3 m tall in woodland.

Flowers blue throughout; large leaves 30-40 cm long; forest stream, on rocks.

Flowers blue petals dark mauve; rainforest stream, lithophyte.

Tree in sand forest. Leaves bi-coloured; veins and petiole reddish.

Scrambler to 4 m, flowers yellow-green; rare in medium shade of closed woodland on well-drained soils.

Erect shrub 40-50 cm tall; flowers blue; in clear-felled woodland

Habitat: Sand forest.-x000D- I cannot trace [collection] number.