Collections made by Hiram Wild

Records: 85

The following is a list of the collections made by Hiram Wild 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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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
18065 Acanthosicyos naudinianus16 Feb 1956H Wild
H Wild 4764 SRGH
Kalahari sand under Terminalia and Acacia spp.Hwange Game Reserve. Dett Rd.50ZimbabweW920

0.0000000.0000000
122784 Adenostemma caffrum15 Dec 1945H Wild
H Wild 576 HE Robinson SRGH
Borrowdale, Harare.10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Pure white flowers, 2-3 feet, erect, roots in water.

0.0000000.0000000
48747 Adiantum capillus-veneris17 Mar 1964H Wild
H Wild 6420 SRGH
On rocksDunraven Falls, Selukwe district0Zimbabwe1930C1C0

0.0000000.0000002
62064 Aneilema johnstonii22 Feb 1956H Wild
H Wild 4792 RB Faden SRGH
BR
In Baikiaea woodlandDett road, Wankie Game Reserve0Zimbabwe1826D2W1095

Flowers orange

-18.65230026.8985005
79779 Aponogeton junceus8 Jan 1948H Wild
H Wild 2273 SRGH
BM
Makabusi (Mukuvisi), Harare District10ZimbabweC0

Cited in FZ 12(2), p. 72

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99113 Bergia decumbens12 Dec 1947H Wild
H Wild 2291 SRGH
On granite rocks at river sideMukuvisi River, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Procumbent woody plant with white flowers

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74579 Brasenia schreberi12 Aug 1964RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 6577 SRGH
In streamChilimanzi Communal Land0Zimbabwe1930B1C1400

Inflorescence branches very brittle and reddish.

-19.23333030.6166704
35785 Burnatia enneandra26 Feb 1953H Wild
H Wild 4076 K
LISC
PRE
Pan in mopane woodlandMenswa Pan, Zambezi Valley, Hurungwe District0Zimbabwe1629A1N450

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 10 (2009)

-16.11333329.0000005
35775 Caldesia reniformis12 Aug 1964RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 6575 SRGH
K
LISC
BR
In mud of damChirumanzu C.L. (Chilimanzi)0Zimbabwe1930B1C0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 8 (2009)

-19.23666730.6133335
126351 Ceropegia stenantha4 Jan 1946H Wild
H Wild 641 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Twiner with yellow flowers Calyx red spotted.

0.0000000.0000000
106627 Chlorophytum anceps16 Jan 1948H Wild
H Wild 2283 SRGH
Damp area of granite sand, soil shallowMukuvisi River, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers white with brownish keel in upper half of per segs only. Anthers yellowish-green usually only enter per segs reddish-brown at tip.

0.0000000.0000000
126348 Chlorophytum brachystachyum23 Nov 1951H Wild
H Wild 3689 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

In leaf mould among rocks in shade of trees. Flowers white - no coloured keels. Leaves glaucous beneath.

0.0000000.0000000
25060 Corallocarpus wildii22 Dec 1952H Wild
H Wild 3967 SRGH
Trailing from crevices in granite rocksUmsengedzi River, Umvukwes, Darwin district0ZimbabweN0

Flowers yellow

0.0000000.0000000
97324 Cordylostigma virgatum18 Jan 1948H Wild
H Wild 2287 SRGH
K
BM
Cranborne Park, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca 5(1).

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67923 Dipcadi glaucum Dec 1965H Wild
H Wild 7481 SRGH
BR
Near riverNorth bank of the Ruenya River, Mtoko0Zimbabwe1732B3N810

Flowers olive freen

-17.49370032.6561002
32007 Duosperma quadrangulare7 Jun 1950H Wild
H Wild 3440 BR
Sabi-Lundi River junction0Zimbabwe2132A2S244

-21.21666732.3833330
99119 Eclipta prostrata20 Jan 1968H Wild
H Wild 7676 SRGH
By settlement pondSalisbury West10Zimbabwe1730D4C0

Flowers white

0.0000000.0000000
126368 Eleocharis acutangula15 Feb 1946H Wild
H Wild 791 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

In 3-4 ft water at dam edge. Trigonous stems.

0.0000000.0000000
126369 Eleocharis dulcis15 Feb 1946H Wild
H Wild 792 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

In 3-4 ft water at dam edge. Stems terete.

0.0000000.0000000
21241 Emilia transvaalensis4 Oct 1949H Wild
H Wild 2999 SRGH
In pockets of soil on granite whaleback."Zimbabwe district" but the specimen is in a division E folder.0ZimbabweE1070

Flowers orange-yellow.

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25546 Entada arenaria subsp. arenaria18 Feb 1956H Wild
H Wild 4769 SRGH
On kalahari sandNgwashla Rd, Hwange NP50ZimbabweW910

Sub-shrub.

0.0000000.0000000
97946 Eriocaulon abyssinicum24 Apr 1948H Wild
H Wild 2510 SRGH
K
Mukuvisi River, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Cited in FZ 13(4)

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49374 Eulophia guineensis18 Nov 1953H Wild
H Wild 4177 SRGH
Kanyanga tributary of the Msukwi (Msukwe) River, Hurungwe district. 0Zimbabwe1729A1 N900

Cited in Flora Zambesiace Volume 11 part 2: 465 (2009)

5
48836 Euphorbia pfeilii15 Feb 1955H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 392 SRGH
Mopane bushC. é miles from Beitbridge on the West Nicholson road.0Zimbabwe2229B2S520

-22.17637929.9976805
69878 Euphorbia transvaalensis16 Feb 1962H Wild
H Wild 5666 HB Gilliland SRGH
BR
On granite kopjeMudzi Dam, Mtoko0Zimbabwe1732A4N1400

Bushy shrublet, 1 ft tall

-17.39053032.3173805
120415 Geigeria schinzii subsp. rhodesiana25 Apr 1948H Wild
H Wild 2514 SRGH
Cranborne, Harare.10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Bushy perennial to 2 feet. Flowers yellow.

0.0000000.0000000
35747 Gladiolus magnificus14 Feb 1956H Wild
H Wild 4724 SRGH
K
COI
LISC
PRE
Gwai corridor, Wankie Game Reserve (Hwange National Park)50Zimbabwe1927B3 W0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 4: 95 (1993)

2
97412 Grewia olukondae16 Jan 1956H Wild
H Wild 4719 SRGH
Termite moundTealby - 14 miles from Salisbury0ZimbabweC0

15 ft scrambling bush in termite mound. Flowers yellow.

0.0000000.0000000
74133 Harpagophytum procumbens subsp. procumbens17 Feb 1960H Wild
H Wild 4982 H-D Ihlenfeldt At edge of panTakatokwane Pan0Botswana2424A2 SE1080

Flowers purple - yellow throat

5
41314 Helichrysum stenopterum25 Apr 1946H Wild
H Wild 1056 H Wild SRGH
K
Scrambling in tall marsh grassKhami Ruins, Bulawayo690Zimbabwe2028A2W1300

0.0000000.0000002
120306 Hibiscus ovalifolius1 Mar 1947H Wild
H Wild 1876 SRGH
In shade of trees on termite mound.Twentydales, Harare.0Zimbabwe1731C3C0

1 ft 6 inches erect. Flowers yellow with red centre.

0.0000000.0000000
77288 Hippocratea indica26 Feb 1953H Wild
H Wild 4025 SRGH
Nyakasanga River, Zambezi Valley, Urungwe District.0Zimbabwe1629A1N520

Scrambling bush or high liane; flowers buff.

-16.14790029.1158005
97959 Hydrocotyle verticillata24 Sep 1946H Wild
H Wild 1258 JFM Cannon SRGH
In small pondHighlands, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Aquatic herb. Leaves and flowers aerial.

0.0000000.0000000
97960 Hydrocotyle verticillata21 Sep 1947H Wild
H Wild 2014 SRGH
Mukuvisi River, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

0.0000000.0000000
97958 Hydrocotyle verticillata13 Dec 1945H Wild
H Wild in GHS 14237 SRGH
Borrowdale Road, Harare1,80Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Creeping weed, roots in water

0.0000000.0000000
126344 Hygrophila abyssinica10 Oct 1945H Wild
H Wild 218 KB Vollesen SRGH
In vleiCleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Procumbent herb, blue flowers. Flowers regular.

0.0000000.0000000
79612 Indigofera flavicans1 Jan 1949H Wild
H Wild 683 SRGH
K
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C1500

0.0000000.0000000
126380 Indigofera flavicans1 Jan 1946H Wild
H Wild 653 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

0.0000000.0000000
74534 Ipomoea crassipes var. crassipes10 Jan 1963H Wild
H Wild 5989 ML Gonçalves SRGH
In sandveldMaleme Valley, SW Matopos.1650Zimbabwe2028C2W1260

Pale mauve flower.

0.0000000.0000002
68974 Kedrostis foetidissima26 Feb 1960H Wild
H Wild 5173 C Jeffrey SRGH
On rocky quartzite hill.Dikgomodikae Hill0Botswana2424D3SE1150

Fruit red. Flowers yellow-green

-24.86666724.6166675
68970 Kedrostis foetidissima21 Dec 1951H Wild
H Wild 3730 SRGH
Climbing on treeUmshandige (Mushandike), Masvingo0Zimbabwe2030B1S980

Flowers yelllow

-20.15000030.6333335
68968 Kedrostis foetidissima29 Jan 1948H Wild
H Wild 2390 C Jeffrey SRGH
In dense woodlandRupisi Hot Springs0Zimbabwe2032A4E500

Yellow-flowered twiner

-20.35693032.3858006
68966 Kedrostis foetidissima8 Jan 1952H Wild
H Wild 3740 C Jeffrey SRGH
On a termite moundPrince Edward Dam, Harare.0Zimbabwe1731C3C1430

Flowers yellow; fruit pale green with longitudinal dark green ribs.

-17.97960031.0697006
68962 Kedrostis foetidissima23 Dec 1952H Wild
H Wild 3975 C Jeffrey SRGH
Climbing over granite rocksUmsengedzi River, Umvukwes, Darwin0Zimbabwe1630D4N1300

Flowers yellow

-16.98333330.9833335
114352 Kedrostis leloja1 Dec 1948H Wild
H Wild 454 K
Cranborne, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers immature.

0.0000000.0000000
102245 Lessertia benguellensis16 Mar 1965RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 7090 SRGH
LISC
PRE
Okavango River, 19 km north of Shakawe, on Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821B41005

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 3 part 7: 15 (2003)

-18.25722021.7647206
102247 Lessertia benguellensis9 Mar 1965RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 6839 MA Diniz SRGH
BR
Disturbed ground near villageNear Kanyu Pan0Botswana2024B1N931

Annual 60 cm in height; flowers purplish; fruits pale green

-20.07611024.6797205
84499 Limnophila ceratophylloides4 May 1946H Wild
H Wild 1078 SRGH
K
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

0.0000000.0000000
119392 Ludwigia palustris6 Jan 1946H Wild
H Wild 635 SRGH
On wet sand.Cleveland [Dam], Harare.1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Procumbent herb. Flowers green "apetalous".

0.0000000.0000000
42476 Marsilea macrocarpa May 1972H Wild
H Wild 7956 SRGH
In small pan near river Sinamwenda, Mwende river, Binga0Zimbabwe1727B2N0

0.0000000.0000002
122771 Momordica balsamina11 Jan 1946H Wild
H Wild 686 R Fernandes A Fernandes SRGH
On termite mound.Ardbennie, Harare.10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Tendrilled creeper. Flowers yellow.

0.0000000.0000000
126407 Nymphoides brevipedicellata15 Feb 1946H Wild
H Wild s.n. SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers: white. Lobes: yellow at base. Fimbriate. Leaves: floating.

0.0000000.0000000
119463 Oldenlandia capensis var. capensis1 Dec 1945H Wild
H Wild 455 SRGH
In sand by river.Cranborne, Salisbury.10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Procumbent herb. Flowers white.

0.0000000.0000000
119462 Oldenlandia capensis var. capensis17 Nov 1945FC Greatrex
H Wild 394 SRGH
Arthur's Seat, Salisbury0Zimbabwe1731C3C0

6 inch - 1 foot branching herb in fruit.

0.0000000.0000000
97326 Oldenlandia corymbosa var. caespitosa25 Mar 1949H Wild
H Wild 2818 SRGH
K
Harare, Golf Course10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca 5(1).

0.0000000.0000000
51853 Ophioglossum polyphyllum5 Dec 1946H Wild
H Wild 1608 CF Reed SRGH
Foot of granite sloopSkipton, Marondera0Zimbabwe1831C2C0

0.0000000.0000002
106546 Pachycarpus concolor subsp. concolor24 Nov 1945H Wild
H Wild 411 SRGH
On granite sandCleveland, Harare10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Decumbent herb. Flowers purple.

0.0000000.0000000
126422 Panicum subalbidum15 Feb 1948H Wild
H Wild 884 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

3-4ft tall pale green grass. Lower 1/2 in water at edge of dam, rooting at nodes.

0.0000000.0000000
106609 Polygala petitiana subsp. parviflora1 Jan 1946H Wild
H Wild 625 SRGH
In vleiTwentydales, Harare0Zimbabwe1731C3C0

6-9 inch erect herb. Flowers blue - lower lip yellow with blue edges.

0.0000000.0000000
115072 Potamogeton schweinfurthii21 Apr 1947H Wild
H Wild 1908 SRGH
BM
Mukuvisi, Harare District10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Record cited in FZ 12(2), p. 88.

0.0000000.0000000
40661 Rhinacanthus zambesiacus7 Apr 1954H Wild
H Wild 4557 SRGH
K
BR
Poole Farm, Hartley0Zimbabwe1830A2C1200

0.0000000.0000002
117341 Rotala capensis19 May 1953H Wild
H Wild 4114 SRGH
LISC
PRE
Cleveland Dam.1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

0.0000000.0000000
126405 Rotala myriophylloides4 May 1946H Wild
H Wild 1077 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Magenta flowers on 2 inch aerial shoots. Rest submerged in slow-flowing stream.

0.0000000.0000000
120313 Rubia horrida6 Feb 1945H Wild
H Wild 642 SRGH
By river.Ardbennie, Harare.10Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Clasping herb. Flowers pale yellow.

0.0000000.0000000
69014 Salacia luebbertii16 Mar 1965HM Biegel
H Wild
HM Biegel H Wild 7101 SRGH
Burkea african, Terminalia sericea savanna with Baphia obovata, Grewia retinervis, Diospyros chamaethamnus32 km South of Shakawe on Sepopa rd. 0Botswana1822C1N1000

Subshrub; fruit reddish-brown.

0.0000000.0000002
69011 Salacia luebbertii15 Mar 1965RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 7065 SRGH
Woodland with Pericopis angolensis, Burkea africana, Erythrophleum etc on white sands19 km SW of Shakawe0Botswana1821D1N1030

Rhizomatous; stems 60-70 cm tall

-18.57000021.6900005
41406 Salvinia molesta22 Oct 1959H Wild
H Wild 4851 CF Reed SRGH
Rapidly colonizing areas under permanent spray - not in actual waterVictoria Falls240Zimbabwe1725D4W0

0.0000000.0000002
42069 Selaginella kraussiana10 Oct 1950H Wild
H Wild 3563 SRGH
Forest floorTarka forest reserve, Chimanimani0Zimbabwe1932D4VN95-93-E1525

0.0000000.0000005
42066 Selaginella kraussiana22 Jul 1947H Wild
H Wild 1977 SRGH
Forest floorZiwane forest, Penhalonga0Zimbabwe1832D3E0

0.0000000.0000002
42094 Selaginella mittenii20 Mar 1963H Wild
H Wild 6441 SRGH
On rocksSelukwe peak, Selukwe0Zimbabwe1930C1SP87-17-C0

0.0000000.0000005
42089 Selaginella mittenii19 Dec 1952H Wild
H Wild 3959 SRGH
Shade of chrome rocks Ruorka Ranche, Umvukwe, Mazoe0Zimbabwe1730B1N1525

0.0000000.0000002
74115 Sesamothamnus lugardii23 Mar 1965RB Drummond
H Wild
RB Drummond H Wild 7239 H-D Ihlenfeldt SRGH
Dominant in scrub community adjacent to pan. With Acacia tortilis, Commiphora pyracanthoides, Catophractes alexandri, Mundulea sericea etc.Between Lake Dow (Xau) and Chukusa Pan, 74 km West of Lethlekane0Botswana2124B2SE930

Up to 3 m high

0.0000000.0000002
74228 Sesamum calycinum subsp. baumii11 Apr 1955H Wild
AW Exell
FA Mendonça
H Wild AW Exell FA Mendonça 1461 SRGH
In terminalia sericea-Acacia woodland.Chobe-Zambezi confluence.0Botswana1725C4N930

Perennial 1.1 m; flowers pale pink.

-17.79443025.2633306
35552 Stomatostemma monteiroae26 Jan 1949H Wild
H Wild 2791 SRGH
K
BR
Growing over bushes on 'Umkondo' kopjeTriangle Sugar Estate, Chiredzi District0Zimbabwe2131A2S415

0.0000000.0000002
123944 Tarchonanthus camphoratus20 Jul 1948H Wild
H Wild 2552 JAR Paiva SRGH
On termite moundCranborne, Salisbury1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Shrub to 12 ft branching from base. Not at all aromatic.

0.0000000.0000000
123945 Tarchonanthus camphoratus1 Aug 1948H Wild
H Wild 2553 SRGH
On neighbouring termite mound to Wild 2552.Cranborne, Salisbury1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C0

20 ft old tree, black bark, only very faint aromatic smell when leaves crushed.

0.0000000.0000000
126392 Utricularia arenaria15 May 1948H Wild
H Wild 2551 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

In mud of wet vlei. Flowers very pale blue - upper lip greenish. Yellow spot on leaves. Lip opposed to another on upper lip.

0.0000000.0000000
79608 Utricularia arenaria19 May 1953H Wild
H Wild 4115 SRGH
K
MO
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

0.0000000.0000000
126396 Utricularia gibba10 Oct 1945H Wild
H Wild 200 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers yellow, cone obtuse & conic tinged with red in mud ooze.

0.0000000.0000000
79611 Utricularia gibba21 Sep 1947H Wild
H Wild 2012 Harare, Makabusi River10Zimbabwe1731C3C1470

Could be outside the Harare flora area

0.0000000.0000000
126359 Vernonia petersii4 May 1946H Wild
H Wild 1087 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers pale lavender, stems reddish.

0.0000000.0000000
120882 Viscum verrucosum31 Oct 1951H Wild
H Wild 3672 SRGH
Twentydales.0Zimbabwe1731C3C0

On Gymnosporia senegalensis.

0.0000000.0000000
106626 Walleria nutans26 Nov 1947H Wild
H Wild 2255 SRGH
Mukuvisi River, Harare1,20Zimbabwe1731C3C0

Flowers very pale mauve - anthers yellow with purple tips

0.0000000.0000000
35787 Wiesneria filifolia2 Aug 1950H Wild
H Wild 3519 K
Pool of Ngarawe River, Van Niekerk Ruins, Nyanga0Zimbabwe1832B1E0

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 12 part 2: 10 (2009)

-18.10000032.6133335
126430 Xyris capensis25 Sep 1952H Wild
H Wild 3869 SRGH
Cleveland Dam, Harare1,30Zimbabwe1731C3C0

In damp ground. Heads light brown. Leaves and peduncle minutely rugulose when fresh (i.e. surface cell walls reflect light).

0.0000000.0000000


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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Collections made by Hiram Wild.
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