Records determined by Jan Van Bel

Determinations: 85

The following is a list of the records determined by Jan Van Bel 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
131041Adansonia digitata3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4 C1451

7
122518Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca22 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandNear the lake, Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1513

-17.80167131.0518737
123310Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca28 Oct 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1517

-17.80166431.0518637
122996Berchemia discolor19 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1510

-17.80059331.0516567
122929Berchemia discolor5 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1514

-17.80064731.0516057
131125 (cultivated)Bougainvillea sp. cultivar (cultivated)3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1450

-17.84236330.9984437
125175 (cultivated)Bougainvillea sp. cultivar (cultivated)7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In street and/or adjacent gardensWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1499

-17.76719631.1107247
125241Carissa spinarum7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77192431.1121927
125236Carissa spinarum7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77171431.1122817
125160Carissa spinarum7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Mainly planted trees in small shopping centreWillowmead Shops, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1496

-17.76733131.1112957
125307 (cultivated)Cascabela thevetia (cultivated)7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1491

-17.77249531.1122037
131058Delonix regia3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1450

-17.84227730.9988267
125303Delonix regia7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77354231.1120117
131060Dichrostachys cinerea3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1450

-17.84229630.9988137
125123Dichrostachys cinerea30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1489

-17.84492231.0828357
124982Diplorhynchus condylocarpon2 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Rather weedy area at woodland edgeNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1528

-17.79988131.0570027
122543Ekebergia benguelensis1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1521

-17.80182131.0556687
123940Entada abyssinica14 May 2024J Van Bel
J Van Bel In gardenRidgeview, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1449

-17.84221730.9987667
125281 (cultivated)Eriobotrya japonica (cultivated)7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In adjacent gardenWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1496

-17.77833931.1107997
131046 (cultivated)Eriobotrya japonica (cultivated)3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1451

-17.84212830.9987967
123642 (cultivated)Eriobotrya japonica (cultivated)14 Nov 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C1516

-17.80144231.0549937
122546Erythrina abyssinica8 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1520

-17.80165931.0560667
122547Euclea divinorum8 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1519

Tall specimen, 7 m tall.

-17.79937531.0543477
125118Euclea divinorum30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1487

One of the commonest species on anthills in the MW and only occurring on anthills.

-17.84393231.0836697
125292Euphorbia ingens7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1491

-17.77636131.1117457
125198 (cultivated)Euphorbia pulcherrima (cultivated)7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1499

-17.76803931.1116287
122549Fagaropsis angolensis1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1523

Unusually large, c. 7 m tall.

-17.79858031.0543187
123363Fagaropsis angolensis31 Oct 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1526

In yellow flower

-17.79827831.0537727
124777Fagaropsis angolensis12 Mar 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1529

Readily recognisable by its very pale green leaves.

-17.79827731.0537777
124776Fagaropsis angolensis5 Mar 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel WoodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1521

-17.80122831.0549027
131122Faidherbia albida3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1451

-17.84243830.9984907
125104Faidherbia albida30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open groundBy the stables, Mukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,22Zimbabwe1731C3C1497

-17.83599431.0905697
122550Faidherbia albida1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1518

-17.80202231.0559637
125238Flacourtia indica7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77184431.1122297
122934Flacourtia indica5 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1517

Trunk bearing outgrowths with compound spines

-17.80268831.0534797
125112Flacourtia indica30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1497

-17.84337231.0861677
131092Friesodielsia obovata3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4 C1452

7
131025Gyrocarpus americanus subsp. africanus3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4 C1450

7
122558Hexalobus monopetalus8 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1524

-17.79953831.0540037
131027Hexalobus monopetalus3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1449

-17.84208430.9985797
125209Jacaranda mimosifolia7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In adjacent gardenWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1495

-17.76864631.1119547
124988Jacaranda mimosifolia2 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Rather weedy area at woodland edgeNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1532

-17.79885831.0553427
125306Jacaranda mimosifolia7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77319731.1120437
125179Lantana camara7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

-17.76739831.1110087
131130Lantana camara3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare10Zimbabwe1730D4C1450

-17.84229130.9984857
125295Leucaena leucocephala7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1488

-17.77591031.1119607
122935Leucaena leucocephala5 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1518

Very tall specimen

-17.80281131.0536867
122563Leucaena leucocephala1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C1517

-17.80288031.0541147
131044Mangifera indica3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1450

-17.84215230.9987587
125211Mangifera indica7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Street treeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1494

-17.76890431.1120687
123657Mangifera indica14 Nov 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1519

-17.80247331.0550607
122987Mangifera indica12 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1516

-17.80249031.0550687
131026Moringa oleifera3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1450

-17.84205530.9985657
125132Opuntia ficus-indica30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1491

-17.84539331.0833207
125164Phoenix reclinata7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Mainly planted trees in small shopping centreWillowmead Shops, Rolf Valley, Harare11Zimbabwe1731C3C1498

-17.76729031.1111307
125117Phoenix reclinata30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1487

-17.84347131.0837067
125100Piliostigma thonningii30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open groundBy the stables, Mukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,22Zimbabwe1731C3C1498

-17.83591331.0904387
125244Piliostigma thonningii7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1490

-17.77192431.1121927
131102Pittosporum viridiflorum3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1452

-17.84226030.9985567
122584Pittosporum viridiflorum1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C1525

A common understory shrub in the Botanic Garden.

-17.79825731.0543977
122585Pittosporum viridiflorum29 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1524

Shrub in flower.

-17.79829231.0546107
124977Pittosporum viridiflorum2 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Rather weedy area at woodland edgeNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3C1519

-17.80101631.0567327
125214Psidium guajava7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel RoadsideWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1492

-17.76916131.1121617
122587Psidium guajava1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1517

-17.80255231.0550577
122986Psidium guajava12 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1514

-17.80251031.0549237
123312Ptaeroxylon obliquum28 Oct 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1518

Flowers in bud

-17.80127131.0551737
124795Ptaeroxylon obliquum5 Mar 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel WoodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1520

-17.80143731.0549977
123648Ptaeroxylon obliquum14 Nov 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1520

-17.80141831.0549887
131140Rauvolfia afra3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1451

-17.84245830.9983667
124807Rawsonia lucida5 Mar 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel WoodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1520

-17.80102531.0538027
123649Sclerocarya birrea subsp. afra14 Nov 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1522

Female tree with many fruit

-17.80083031.0548347
123650Sclerocarya birrea subsp. afra14 Nov 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1523

Presumably male tree with no fruit

-17.80063931.0548537
122920Shirakiopsis elliptica5 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1514

-17.80037831.0522097
123645Spirostachys africana14 Nov 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1517

3-lobed fruit present

-17.80157631.0549637
131072Strophanthus amboensis3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1450

-17.84248730.9987607
125258Syzygium cordatum subsp. cordatum7 May 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Roadside vergeWillowmead Lane, Rolf Valley, Harare12Zimbabwe1731C3C1484

-17.77456431.1117147
131117Syzygium cordatum subsp. cordatum3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1451

-17.84241030.9985787
122602Syzygium guineense subsp. guineense1 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1524

-17.79908331.0546737
124817Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma19 Mar 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel Open woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1525

-17.79867131.0540497
123877Terminalia catappa21 Mar 2024MA Hyde
J Van Bel
G Christaens
J Van Bel MA Hyde Planted in garden.3, Hurlingh Rise, Meyrick Park, Harare.12Zimbabwe1731C3C1499

Single tree c. 4 m tall. Flowers white, mostly in bud. One fruit seen.

-17.80429731.0036856
122984Thespesia garckeana12 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1514

-17.80215831.0546967
131139Trema orientale3 Feb 2026MA Hyde
J Van Bel
MA Hyde J Van Bel In gardenNew Ridgeview, Belvedere, Harare12Zimbabwe1730D4C1450

-17.84230330.9983877
125145Ziziphus mucronata30 Apr 2024MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel On anthillMukuvisi Woodland, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C1491

-17.84602631.0836597
122613Ziziphus mucronata8 Aug 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandBotanic Garden, Harare1,212Zimbabwe1731C3C1524

-17.79910631.0541007
122993Ziziphus mucronata19 Sep 2023MA Hyde
T Alegria
J Van Bel
MA Hyde T Alegria J Van Bel In woodlandNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,211Zimbabwe1731C3C1513

-17.80042131.0520837


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