Collections made by Tjiteere

Records: 9

The following is a list of the collections made by Tjiteere in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Botswana (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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No   Species   Record date   Recorder(s)   Coll.   Det.   Conf.   Herbaria   Habitat   Location   Loc code   Outing code   Planted code   Country   QDS   Grid ref.   FZ Div   Alt. (m)   Notes   Lat   Long   Loc Acc Code   
93199 Ceratotheca sesamoides11 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-24 S Rügheimer WIND
Widely distributed on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sand, in full sun conditions.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park - East, Chetto village, south of Trans Caprivi Highway.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Annual herb, 70 cm high. Stem green, longitudinally grooved, heavily woolly. Leaves elliptic to trilobed, older leaves trilobed, has teat-like apices and round base. Flowers pink, tubular. Roots smooth, pale brown, main roots with thin, thread-like side roots.

-17.96255622.5600835
93202 Chlorophytum sphacelatum var. sphacelatum11 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-P1 S Rügheimer WIND
Uncommon on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sandy soil under full sun conditions.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park, Chetto village, south of the Trans Caprivi Highway.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Annual herb, 1.3 m high (1 m flower part, 30 cm leaves part). Stem green, short, smooth. Leaves long, thin, hairless, dark to shiny green, smooth margin, linear. Fruit small, 4 winged pods, cream in colour when dry. Seeds small, round in outline, flat, black. Underground organ small tubers interconnected, smooth brown roots extending from the tuber.

-17.96519422.5616945
93203 Cissampelos mucronata9 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-21 FM Chase (née Crawford) WIND
Widely distributed on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sandy soil in full sun conditions.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park, Chetto village, south of the Trans Caprivi Highway.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Annual creeper, 30 cm high. Stem slender, longitudinally grooved, covered in short hair. Leaves simple, smooth margin, dull green, bean-shaped, veins running from the base. Leaf apices round, base cordate.

-17.96033322.5500285
93226 Empogona cacondensis11 Apr 2012E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-11 C Mannheimer WIND
Widely spread in woodland savanna on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sand, in full sun conditions, area recently burnt.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park - East, Chetto village, north of Trans Caprivi Highway.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Perennial shrub, 55 cm high. Young branchlets green, old stems light grey, covered in short hair. Leaves simple, opposite, shiny green, margin undulating, obovate, rounded apex. Roots smooth, light grey.

-17.95166722.5626115
93260 Peltophorum africanum11 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-22 L Nanyeni WIND
Occurs on flat depression/pan. Growing in moist loamy clay soil in full sun conditions.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park - East. Chetto village, south of the T.C.H. along the power line.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Perennial shrub, 4 m high. Stem pale grey, slightly grooved, young stems with rusty hair. Leaves bipinnate, with numerous pale green pinnules on each pinna, pinnules oblong with bristled apices. Pods dark grey to black, woody, flattened on both sides.

-17.95716722.5486115
95468 Tacazzea apiculata11 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 8 S Rügheimer WIND
Occurs on a depression slope dry river/stream bed. Growing in moist loamy clay, in full sun. Biotic effect: recently burnt.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A20

Annual herb, 20 cm high. Stem slender, covered by silvery hair, light green below and dark brown to pink above, stem are runners. Leaves simple, dark green above, light green below, heavily covered by hair. Obovate to ovate leaf shape, with bristle-tip and round base. Roots fibrous system, dark grey to black.

-18.01711122.4777782
93281 Tephrosia lupinifolia9 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-18 FM Chase (née Crawford) WIND
Widely distributed in woodland savanna on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sandy soil on a recently burnt area (2013) under full sun conditions.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park - East, Chetto village south of Trans Caprivi Highway.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Annual shrub, 49 cm high. Stem dark green, thin, covered in silvery short hair. Leaves linear, green below with silvery hair, clustered at branch tips. Fruit a flattened green pod, seeds are divided within the pods. Roots very long, thin and smooth with a light grey main root.

-17.96033322.5522505
93283 Trachyandra arvensis9 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-19 D Aiyambo WIND
Common to abundant in woodland savanna on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sandy soil, in full sun. Biotic effect: road/rail side and recently burnt.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park - East, Chetto village, south of Trans Caprivi Highway.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3 0

Annual herb, 70 cm high. Stem green, round, hollow, seems lying flat on the ground, stems very small often buried in ground, brown to dark grey. Leaves are soft, dark to shining green. Flowers small, yellow, with finger-like petals. Pedicel is branched and the seeds develop at end of branched pedicel. Fruit are dark green, round balls.

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93291 Xylopia odoratissima11 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere 14/ch-28 WIND
Occurs on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sandy soil in full sun conditions.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park, Chetto village, north of T.C.H. closer to the power line.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D30

Perennial, tall shrub/tree, 4 cm high. Stem smooth, light grey, young growth brown to dark with lenticels (white dots). Leaves simple, margin smooth, ovate, dull green below and pale green above. Flowers yellowish, cone-shaped with elongated fingerlike petals. Sepals short, reduced, green. Roots dark brown to red, papery.

-17.95772222.5375005


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Collections made by Tjiteere.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=1117, retrieved 1 April 2025

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