Records made by Peter Biegel

Tree 5 m with rounded crown of arching then pendulous branches. Flowers golden-yellow.

As A. godseffiana. Untidy small shrub 1 m. Leaves light green with cream margins.

As A. godseffiana var. heterophylla Hort. Shrub 2m, with fairly loose, tall-rounded crown; ragged-looking with criss-cross branches and leaves with a shredded look, light green with whitish margins.

As A. wilkesiana. Shrub 4 x 2 m. New leaves unfold red-brown, with red veins above and below; darken as they mature, finally dull green brown.

A cluster of stems from woody root the site of a large man's fist, from which also short rhizomes.

Stems quite prostrate, weakly rooting at some nodes. Plant 0.8 m in diameter.

Tips of some fronds arching over and where they touch ground new plants develop

Tree 40 m. DBH 75 cm, heavily buttressed. Bark smooth, grey. Slash white, soft,wet. Underbark bright yellow.

Tree 18 m. Bark grey, smooth, underbark densely red-mottled on cream. DBH 1 m but 3 main stems from 1.5 m. Crown flat with ± 7 m spread. [Not easy to read].

Spreading stems from woody root. Vexillum rose, keel off white tinged pink. Common. [Position estimated]

Plant erect, 0.4 m high. Name on the sheet is Amaranthus hybridus L. subsp. incurvatus (Trimen ex Gren & Godr.) Brenan which per POWO is a synonym of A. cruentus.

Herb. Flowers dark mauve/ light purple.

Single-stemmed perennial. Stem from swollen soft-woody short carrot-like root. Corolla outside light green, inside yellow-green and white hairy, hairs longest at the base. Corona on corolla buse [?], filiform, off-white.

Tree 12 m with domed crown.

With Hypericum revolutum, Philippia. Lax shrub 3.5 m high. Leaves discolourous; flowers dull light to pinky-brown, limb white. 2 plants seen.

Shrub 4 m. Leaves dark olive-green above, grey below, much damaged by eating insects. Flowers orange.

Tree 3 m with open crown; branches and leaf rhachis armed; petals dark red with narrow yellow margin.

Cited in FZ 6(1)

Fronds to 1.6 m high

Common

Evergreen climber wihout support, forms mass 2 m high by 3 m wide; leaves dark glossy green. Fruit shiny black, when ripe splits and reveals an orange "beard", is then eaten by birds. Calyx wine-red, reflexed below mature fruit.

Climber 4m, trained against building. Foliage dark glossy green. Flowers scarlet.

Climber 3 m high. Foliage dark green. Calyx inflated, light creamy-white. Corolla dark red. Filaments light olive green.

Climber 3m, Leaves dull olive green; veins below slightly darker than surrounding tissue; calyx white with green base, 5-fluted; corolla dull red, limb at angle to tube.

Plant 2 m tall. Flowers white with slight unpleasant scent. When dry, emits a strong pungent and almost asphixiating smell.

Open shrub with arching branches to 4 m long. Flowers light mauve. Copious milky juice from cut surfaces. Grown from seed locally collected; this plant is less stiff and the flowers are a lighter mauve compared with the usual habit and flower colour in Rhodesia.

Semi-scandent shrub 1.7 m high x 3 m wide. Copious milky latex from cut surfaces. Flowers mauve. Corona at base of cup, purple.

Leafless parasite with flexuous, brown, filiform stems. Flowers yellowish. Area sown to imported seed ex USA.

Masses of yellow to brown-yellow threads. Flowering and fruiting profusely. Plant covers c. 2 x 3 m area.

Leafless parasite with flexuous, brown, filiform stems. Flowers yellowish. Area sown to imported seed ex USA.

Leafless green-twigged climber forming a dense mass of branches ± 7 feet above ground. Flowers whitish.

"Very doubtful if cultivated".

Soft woody shrub, 1.2 m. Branches purple. Leaves purple below. Flowers erect, double, purple outside, whitish inside. Fruit sharp-knobbly.

Shrub 3 m with stiff erect-ascending branches. Foliage light green. Native of India, Sri Lanka, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia.

Cited in a draft account for Flora Zambesiaca of the Hyacinthaceae. Plant in flower.

Rounded shrub 2 m, said to be severely cut back annually. Flowers a delicate pink with a darker centre.

Tree, 3 m, crown round. Petals creamy-yellow. Style, stamens red. Calyx, pedicels brown glandular-hairy.

Perennial herb 0.6 m. Leaves green; Involucral leaves with red area lower 1/2, the inner smaller and all red.

Armed succulent shrub 1 m with copious milky latex. Branches grey, angled, with 8 rows of spines. Leaves at ends of branches; margin and midrib below red; lower leaves dull red autumn tinted, particularly below. Peduncle viscid, tinged red above. Bracts bright red. Labelled var. hislopii.

Densely branched, armed succulent shrub c. 0.6 m with copiuos milky latex. Branches spreading, dark grey, smooth, almost round, the paired spines not in apparent rows. Peduncle viscid, tinged red above. Bracts bright red.

Open shrub 2.5 m with copious milky juice. Bracts bright red.

Prostrate herb. Collector number is for GV Pope.

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 9 part 5: 378, 2001

Tree 15 m. Crown tall - rounded, heavy. Bark smooth, grey. White latex from cut branch ends.

Growing together with Geophila obvallata

E aspect

Liane climbing over a 7 m high shrub. Hairs soft and rust-brown.

Dense dark green climber; flower perianth yellow.

Scrambling shrub with stems up to 3 m long trailing over rocks. Perianth green with light green margins to the segments.

Trailing shrub.

1.5 m shrub climbing at the ends.

Somewhat spreading shrub 1.2 m slightly aromatic scent reminiscent of tar and spices. Flowers golden yellow, showy against the dark green foliage.

Much-branched, virgate shrub 2.5 m. Flowers golden yellow. Seed collected in Juliasdale, Rhodesia 1962.

Tree 6 m. Bark smooth, grey, very thin; UB green. Flowers white with very slight musty-sweet scent.

Record as a note on a Ligustrum lucidum specimen, Biegel 5453.

Twiner to 1.25 m.Flowers in clusters, light mauve; throat dark mauve.

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 7 part 1: 313 (1983)

Climber which forms a mass on a 1.3 m fence, the mass 3 m high, 5 m long

Rather stunted shrub 0.4 m. Flowers shite, semi-double, strongly sweetly scented.

Erect shrub 12 m high, c. 3 m wide. Calyx showy, pinky-mauve, cup-shaped; corolla mauve-blue.

Rootstock tuberous. Flowers deep blood red

Tree 4 m. Crown round - spreading to 3 m. Inflorescence erect; flowers mauve.

Medium tree to 7 m tall. Fruits small with 4 persistent calyx lobes on the top. The species is found in tall coastal forest on sand dunes. This forest patch has lots of lianas and good leaf-litter. The ground layer includes Zamioculcas zamiifolia, Co

Clusters of stems from ends of rhizomes; fronds to 4ft high

Tree 4 m. Bark green, smooth. Flower buds to 15 cm long; sepals green, petals and stamens cream.

Calyx green outside, greenish-white within like the petals. Corona fimbriate, mauve at base, the remainder greenish-white. Climber 4 m.

Reported as an associated species on a specimen of Solanum nigrum (Biegel 4632).

Basl bracts kidney shaped, brown; fronds grey-green; sterile; only one seen.

Fronds upper surface olive green, lower surface lighter green with dark brown centred light brown scales

Cited in Flora Zmbesiaca Vol. 11 part 2: 349 (1998)

Small bush to 1.5 m tall

Shrub, 4 m, fruiting heavily; fruit red.

Garden ornamental. Rather dense shrub, somewhat spreading, 4 m high.

Lat/Long estimated by MAH

Dense rounded shrub 2 m high, 2.5 m across. Flowers a dull coppery red marked with dull old-gold within. This subsp. [i.e. subsp. nyassae] is less floriferous than subsp. capensis.