Records 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.

Tendrilous climber, up to 1.2m long; leaves glaucous, fruit light green

Unusually large tree, more than 20 m tall, recently fallen in the forest

Climbing herb to 3 m high with yellow flowers. In the foothills of Chimanimani Mountains; at the roadside in dappled shade.

Herb with striped calyx, in open Brachystegia torrei woodland. In shade of tree.

Trailing herb with tiny yellow flowers and purple stamens. Locally common in Afromomum riparian forest near river.-x000D- [Extract from R.B. Faden's e mail sent to B.C. Turpin in 2010]-x000D- Turpin 293 Aneilema nyasense C.B.Clarke-x000D- This is only the second reco

An erect herb 20 cm tall with a small, tight terminal inflorescence of tiny flowers and buds. Pedicels blue. Growing on a roadside verge in the shade of a tree.-x000D- [photograph of live plant attached to sheet]

Herb 10 cm tall with lilac flowers in tightly compact heads. Occasional. In humus-rich soil in dappled shade of riverine growth., Occurrence: occasional

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

Lilac flowers borne on erect flowering stems. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, some up to 8 cm long, hairy. Lower part of stems 'sticky'. Growing at the roadside in woodland on sand.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]

A herb with lanceolate leaves. The lilac flowers have 3 almost equal-sized petals. Growing at the roadside in woodland on sand.

Small erect herb with tiny yellow flowers in tightly clustered heads, growing in long grass on forest edge.

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.

Red velvet growth tip

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.

Spreading herb with yellow flowers; glabrous except for cilia on leaf sheath. In dappled shade of Brachystegia torrei sand forest. On a sand bank.

Erect bushy herb 30 cm tall with yellow flowers and narrow leaves. Growing at campsite in bare sandy soil, still flowering in the afternoon.

A 20 cm tall, erect herb with yellow flowers, mauve claws and purple filaments. Spathes terminally clustered and acuminate. Leaves partially folded. Growing in Miombo woodland in dappled shade.

An uncommon herb with erect stems to 40 cm tall. Flowers blue. Subterranean flowers collected, too! Growing in woodland at the base of a granite outcrop in shade. In deep soil.

A herb with 1 m long stems scrambling through grass. Tiny blue flowers. Ovate leaves and red cilia on leaf-sheaths.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]

A locally common herb with 'variegated' lanceolate leaves, forming a ground cover. Flowers blue. Growing in coastal Androstachys sand forest in the shade next to the gravel road., Occurrence: locally common

A groundcovering herb with blue-green leaves and blue flowers. Locally common.-x000D- Habitat: Growing in coastal Androstachys sand forest in shade along the gravel roadside., Occurrence: locally common

A herb with blue flowers and erect shoots. Leaves linear-elliptic. Growing on a steep S-facing granite outcrop; in shallow pockets of soil.

Herb, rooting at the nodes; with tiny blue flowers with conspicuous 3rd petal. Rare. Growing in semi-shade of forest edge next to road on an earth bank., Occurrence: rare

As Commelina erecta erecta in BNRH.Common herb with blue flowers, growing in a clearing in the forest., Occurrence: common

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. Herb with lilac flowers, lanceolate leaves with light green mid-rib. Growing on the edge of forest near the Little Mussapa River.

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. A trailing herb with blue flowers on ascending shoots. Much-branched. Leaves linear-elliptic. Growing along the road in sand forest.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]

As Commelina erecta livingstonii in BNRH. Bushy herb with lilac flowers and scabrid leaves; in dappled shade of forest margin.

A blue flowered herb with erect flowering stems 15 cm tall. Growing in coastal Androstachys sand forest in full sun along the gravel roadside.

A mat-forming herb with erect flowering shoots and tiny blue flowers. In coastal thicket on deep sand in deep shade.

Herb with tiny blue flowers and blue filaments. Capsules present. Rare - only one plant seen. Growing in rocky, sandy soil next to the road in full sun on a quartzite outcrop., Occurrence: rare

An uncommon herb with stems looping along the ground rooting at the nodes. Flowers already over when collected. -x000D- In woodland at the base of granite outcrop in shaded, shallow soil.

A robust herb with large leaves with undulating margins. The big blue flowers have 'cup-hook'-shaped purple stamens [illustration]. Growing at the roadside in tall mixed woodland.

Herb with blue flowers and colourless hairs on leaves. Growing near the Little Mussapa River on edge of forest.

Young fruit present

Young fruit present

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.

Erect herb 40 cm tall with cauline leaves. Rosulate leaves absent. Bulb-like root near surface of soil. Localised. Growing on forest edge in long grass. Rocky., Occurrence: locally common

Growing in crevices in granite boulders., Occurrence: common

Locally common herb with large rosulate leaveswhich are somewhat lanate beneath. Flower stems shrivelled. Growing on rocky outcrop near river in shallow pockets of soil/leaf mould., Occurrence: locally common

Growing together with Dalbergia fischeri.

Growing together with Dalbergia arbutifolia

Tree 20 m tall. Trunk pale.

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

Small tree

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.

Small tree to 2 m tall in woodland. Fruit fleshy, maroon.

Very different colour form See here

Very different colour form

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.

Robust soft herb to 1.5 m tall on disturbed areas on roadside. Hairs stinging.

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.

In fruit

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.

In fruit

A herb with lilac flowers - 3 equal-sized petals - flowering in the late afternoon. Erect stems. Growing in open woodland/Berlinia thicket.-x000D- [photo of live plant attached to sheet]

Inflorescences gall infested iNaturalist record

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.

In fruit

Shrub to 3 m tall in high-altitude forest understorey. Flowers white. Same shrub collected December 30 2011. See record 40186

Lithophytic; rather succulent plant

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.

In fruit

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

Dominant understorey shrub to 1 m tall in dry sand forest.

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.

iNaturalist record

Evergreen climber to 6 m high in forest.

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

In fruit

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