Records made by Barbara Curtis

250 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, 250 cm high, with woody stems and twining upper branches. Leaves: very similar to 1403, but not hairy. Compound, leaflets oval, opposite, very slightly discolorous, mostly imparipinnate. Fruits: pods, clustered, brown and leathery, splitting to reveal oval red seeds with a black tip.

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high.

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m high. Very common. Mopane woodland.

5 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 5 m tall, with yellow, flaking bark. Thorns paired, large, hooked. Leaves: with 5 pinnae pairs. A small raised gland on petiole near base of pinnae pair. Confirmed by MU, 6.11.2002.

5 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 5 m high. Stem: a few equal, single stems. Bark: older - brown, fissured; young - yellowish. Young branches grey-brown with prominant lenticels.Thorns: paired, dark on raise bases. Leaves: very open, 5-7 pinnae pairs, well spaced, lateral branches coming out almost horizontally, with leaves held out horizontally. Small raised petiolar gland more than half way up the petiole.

30 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 30 m high. Trunk: red with greenish-yellowish bark. Thorns paired on branches, with very thickened bases. Leaves: pinnae pairs, about 4-6 a pair, small, erect gland on petiole.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 20 m high. Seasonally flooded.

380 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrubs, 380 cm tall with spreading branches, brown. Paired, straight spines deflexed backwards. Flowers in golden balls. Old pods on ground underneath. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

210 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub 210 cm tall, brown stems. New growth green and velvety. Thorns long and straight. New thorns, green with dark tips, short. Somewhat swept back. Leaves with tiny leaflets. Flowers yellow balls. Pods dark brown, constricted between the seeds. Voucher for: pods collected.

25 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 25 m tall. Single trunk, yellowish and somewhat powdery. Strong, paired, hooked thorns. Branches come out somewhat horizontally. Leaves large and feathery, with more than 15 pinnae pairs and a very large, squat, petiolar gland. Flowers: cream coloured, in long spikes. Fruits: pods papery - leathery, long and narrow, reddish brown.

5 m high; Climber; Notes: Scrambling climber, 5 m tall. Scattered, hooked thorns, growing on longitudinal grooves and stems. Leaves: large and feathery with prickles on rachis. Flowers: in creamy balls. Fruits: pods, reddish brown, papery-leathery.

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m tall. Trunk simple, somewhat rough but yellowish. Spines long and narrow, younger ones short. Leaves with 15 pinnae pairs, pinnules small and closely packed. Large gland at base of first pinnae pair. Can get into very large trees with spreading canopy. Common. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

1.6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.6 m high. Yellowish green stems. Straight white thorns with darker tips.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Young tree, 3 m tall. Single, fairly fat stem, smooth, grey. Leaves digitate - 1 to 5 fingers/leaflets, slippery, smooth, floppy leaves.

Notes: Simple stem about 2 cm in diameter, with short lateral branches low down. Branches very stiff. Stem greenish, stiff succulent. Sessile leaves green, concolorous, in whorls. Spiny. Mopane woodland. Corr. nom.: SR 01.2008.

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high. Older stems brown, younger ones green, all very stiff and woody. Leaves with 2 leaflets below a spine. Mopane woodland, sandy plain.

2.5 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2.5 m high. Untidy, with pods. Medium brown stems with conspicuous white lenticels. Flowers on ends of lateral shoots. All branches turning upwards. Leaves held erect, slightly paler below, obovate. Flowers pale pink with a yellow spot in throat. Lean flowers with protruding stamens. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 4 m high. Rough, longitudinally fissured bark. Stem, petioles and petiolules hairy. Stems green, flecked with white lenticels. Leaves and leaflets hang down, 1-3 pairs of leaflets and terminal one. 2 large stipules at leaf bases. Thick hairy petioles. Leaflets sometimes opposite, sometimes alternate. Leaves alternate. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

Creeper; Notes: In dark grey sandy soil. Exposure: semi-shade. Uncommon. Flowers: in axillary and terminal sprays; petals 4, creamy-white, anthers numerous; very attractive, with lovely perfume. Leaves: compound, imparipinnate, serrate - crenate and lobed. Branches opposite.

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Mopane woodland.

80 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 80 cm high. All have new floppy, reddish-golden leaves. Broken by elephants, occasional on floodplain, all have been broken to this height.

20 cm high; Herb; Notes: Ndebele - cook and eat. Herb, 20 cm high. Sell at the markets. Can dry the leaves. Only after rains. Mopane woodland.

Clambering shrub, 2 m tall. Smooth brown stems. Leaves coarsely hairy, almost round, get very large.

Shrubs, 3 m high. Round, velvety leaves. Soft stems, brown, not very woody terminal buds.

Shrubs, up to 1.2 cm tall, with smooth, light brown stems. Leaves large, floppy, velvety, almost round. Petioles with long hairs. Leaves discolorous with conspicuous venation below. Fruit developing inside a cup shaped, fleshy calyx.

Flopping shrub up to 5 m tall, but leaning on other plants, when not on other plants, the branches grow outwards rather than upwards, about 8 m from base. With flower buds in axillary sprays and old flowers. Old flower with a fleshy, persistent calyx surrounding a globose fruit.

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub 4 m - edge of pan. Young pods. Common in places. Mopane woodland.

Tree; Notes: Shrubby tree, up to 2 m high, with very soft, floppy branches and hanging leaves. Branches reddish brown with white lenticels. Leaves opposite. Milky latex. Bright green. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 4 m tall. Floppy branches. Voucher for Tree Atlas Project.

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m tall. Stems: smooth, light brown with sharp spines. A single sharp spine at base of most leaves. Leaves: circular, velvety. Fruit: a round berry about 5 mm long, with a ring of persistent calyx at apex.

Climber; Notes: Climber, 5 m into a Colophospermum mopane. Pods also 'bulls horn-like', brown with no white markings. Milky latex. Flowers tiny white-cream cups with pointed lips, long calyx lobes behind back. 5 Sepals, dark brownish- green.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub.

Notes: Spiny green leaves curling at tips. Flowers orange with yellow edges to petals.

1.6 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.6 m high. Hibiscus yellow flower. Brown stems.

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Others were taller. Trunk: very smooth, shiny, silver tinged with bronze. Leaves: clustered terminally, soft, pendulous, velvety, distinctly discolorous, cordate. Herby smell. Rocky hills. Locally common.

Notes: Strangler - whorled stem, very thick and twisting around trees. Can stand alone, up to 80 cm. Undulate large leaves, thick but not leathery - velvety. Milky latex. Mopane woodland, sandy plain.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m high. Single, erect stem. Reddish brown. Leaves concolorous, smooth, soft. Hanging down.

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m high. Stem: rough, silvery. Leaves: whorled at ends of branches. Leaflets: small. Flowers: small, with 4 creamy petals and 4 stamens, in sprays on a long peduncle, arising away to leaves.

Notes: Flowers: yellow trumpet flower with red lines in throat. Sandy plain. Mixed woodland.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m tall. Leaves: long, up to 1.5 m (just the tip sampled). Clusters of oval green fruits on yellow green stalks, hanging down.

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Dark, rough bark. Open sparse canopy with large pinnate leaves. Young tree with smooth grey stem. On sandy plain. Burkea woodland.

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 m high. A few very green fruit on. Palmate leaves. Discolorous. Burkea woodland.

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Marula - tree 6 m high. Burkea woodland.

Notes: Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Stem: 4 thin, smooth grey stems, all growing together. Flowers: mauve/lilac. Fruit/seed: new pods reddish/green. Someone has dug a hole around the trunk and the tree is leaning.

160 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 160 cm tall, consist of 4 stems, rough, brown, with white lenticels. Milky latex. Leaves lanceolate, discolorous, velvety, especially below. Pods on tip of branch above leaves. Two woody, dehiscent valves.

Tree; Notes: Large tree > 20 m high, with dark green leaves, pale and hairy below. Leathery. Bark dark and fissured.

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m tall, riverine. Stems: smooth, grey. New growth velvety. Leaves: with marked pulvinus, sometimes paripinnate, sometimes imparipinnate. Petiole up to 15 cm long, velvety. Rachis velvety. Petiolules thick. Leaflets smooth, dark green above, yellow green and velvety below with marked venation. Fruit: ovoid, green, velvety, with 6 segments demarcated by grooves.

360 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 360 cm tall. Spiny. Leaves soft, floppy, velvety. Fruit pendulent, ovoid.

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Shrubby tree, 4 m high. Smooth grey bark. Leaves on young branches very downy, short spines at base of leaves. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

180 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, 180 cm tall, 2 m in diameter. Stems: brown to green. Leaves: blue-green, folded up along midrib, clustered on spiny lateral shoots. Fruit: oval, pendulous.

Notes: 1.6 m high. Only 1 fruit.