Records determined by Rügheimer

Shrub; Notes: Low shrub, up to 1 m high. Flowers in a dense, elongated spike, cream, sweetly scented. Leaves compound, paripinnate, many pairs of leaflets, leaflets very fine, lamina long. Stems with black paired hooks, shoots pubescent, old stems dark brown, woody. Mixed woodland-shrubland. White sand. Common.

Large tree up to 8 m high. Pods semi-circular, grey, velvety. Leaves bipinnate. Shoots with thorns. Thorns in pairs, long and straight, thin, white to grey.

Tree; Notes: Tree, up to 10 m high. Leaves compound, paripinnate, 3 - 4 pairs of leaflets, leaflets small, dull green, oblong, rachis sparsely pubescent. Trunk rough, bark dark grey, longitudinally fissured, stems armed with thick straight thorns, thorns paired, tapering into a sharp tip. Pods large, half-moon shaped, grey, velvety, flat. Mixed woodland and shrubland. Frequent.

Large tree with a spreading crown, 10 m high. Trunk grey, with longitudinally fissured bark. Stems yellow with hooked thorns. Thorns in pairs, bases far apart, grey with white lenticels. Leaves bipinnate. Leaflets many, glabrous, somewhat discolorous.

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 60cm high. Leaves: ovate, margin serrate. Fruits: green, born on terminal ends of branches, covered with long red trichomes.

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 30 cm high. Leaves elongated ovate, base cordate, margins finely serrate. Flowers tiny, pale yellow, in a dense long spike, immature inflorescence with many red threads. Stems erect, herbaceous, covered with long erect hairs. Stipules filiform. Growing in partial shade under tree. Common.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Tomentose herb, 50cm high. Leaves: ovate, margin dentate. Fruits: with long trichoms, red in colour.

20 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 20 cm high. Flowers asymmetric, bilabiate, white, clustered in balls, calyx not spiny. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, margins lobed. Stems sparsely branched, square, tender, hairy, hairs pointing upwards. Growing in shade under large camelthorn. Frequent but localized.

Annual herb, 80 cm high. Flowers white, bilabiate, calyx straight, 5 calyx tips. Leaves opposite, elliptic, sessile. Stems erect, square, hairs pointing downwards.

Herb; Notes: Upright herb. Inflorescence: terminal raceme, flowers orange. Leaves: elliptic, lanceolate.

Shrub, 0.2 m high. Stem erect. Leaves, short, thin, green. Fruits circular, single, green colour. Filed in WIND under Asparagus cooperi

Single-stemmed suffrutex. Main stem hairy, green, much branched, with a small hook at each node, lateral shoots perpendicular to stem, unarmed. Leaves needle-like, in dense fascicles on lateral shoots, fairly short, green. Flowers and fruit absent. Filed at WIND as Asparagus cooperi

Suffrutex with a tendency to climb in other shrubs and trees. Main stems light to dark brown, smooth, with a large hook at each node, much branched, lateral stems many, armed. Leaves needle-like, long, in fascicles of 3-5 on the lateral shoots, fascicles far apart. Flowers and fruit absent.

Herbaceous climber. Twisting.

Woody climber. Main stem with large hooks, glabrous, light grey, twining in trees and shrubs. Leaves linear, needle-like, very long, in fascicles.

Suffrutex. Stems branched, semi-erect, silvery grey. Bark smooth, armed with prominent straight thorns, lateral branches flexible, drooping, green. Leaves linear, needle-like, in fascicles on long thin branchlets. Flowers and fruit absent.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 5 - 8 m high, in flower. Flowers in terminal racemes, bright purple fading to pale purple, anthers yellow, filaments pink, buds velvety brown. Leaves compound, alternate, paripinnate, leaflets large, oval, dark green above, shortly pubescent below, margins entire. Trunk light grey, bark smooth. Frequent.

Shrub; Notes: Tall shrubs, up to 3 m high. Flowers white with a yellow spot at the base, in pairs or 3's in the leaf axils, sweetly scented, sepals red. Branches drooping, brown, woody. Leaves alternate, obovate, softly pubescent, mucronate. Frequent.

Shrub; Notes: Shrubs, 60 - 100 cm high. Flowers white with a yellow base, sweetly scented. Leaves alternate, obovate, softly pubescent, undulating, apex mucronate. Stems round. White loamy sand. Common.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub up to 2 m tall, in flower. Flowers white with a yellow base, sweetly scented, in the terminal leaf axils, sepals red. Branches drooping. Leaves alternate, obovate, softly pubescent, mucronate, undulating. White sand. Frequent.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, up to 1 m high. Flowers large, showy, white, petals frilly. Leaves bilobed, fused at the base, velvety. Stems round, light grey. White sandy soil. Common.

Spreading shrub up to 2.5 m high. Flowers pink or white. Petals small, crinkled. Leaves bifoliolate, hairy.

Small tree, 3.5 m high. Pods drooping, long, sausage shaped, black. Leaves compound. Leaflets alternate, obovate, apex notched. Young shoots straw-coloured.

40 cm high; Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 40 cm high. Leaves many, erect, linear, flattened off, up to 40 cm long, smooth, dark green, channelled. Inflorescence a dense spike-like raceme. Flowers yellow, star shaped, filaments pubescent. Fruit small round brown capsules. Roots many, fine. Plants growing in dense clusters of 4 - 5 on white loamy sand. In afternoon shade under shrub.

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Shrubs, occasionally also trees. Leaves compound, yellowish below, dull green above, leaflets ovate, asymmetric. Shoots and axillary buds covered with a rusty brown velvet. Stems light brown. White sand. Mixed shrubland and woodland. Common.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 - 15 m high. Leaves compound, yellowish below, dull green above, leaflets ovate, asymmetric. Shoots and axillary buds covered with rusty brown velvety hairs. Stems light brown. Pods in terminal clusters, light lime green, ovoid, flat, single-seeded. White sand. Common.

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.

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 60 cm high. Stems erect, mostly unbranched, square, hairy. Leaves lanceolate, base lobed, venation below reticulate, with a large brown gland in each leaf axil. Flowers fairly small, tubular, maroon outside, inside pale pink with maroon venation. Plant has a pungent smell. White sandy loam. Occasional.

Annual herb, 25 cm high. Flowers single, orange. Leaves compound, consisting of 4 leaflets. Stems thin, erect, hairy. Pods green, flat, sickle-shaped, covered with glandular hairs.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte. Leaves few, well developed, in a basal rosette, erect, lanceolate, lamina fairly broad, margins wavy and ciliate. Inflorescence a dense spike. Flowers small, star-shaped, white, arranged along the entire peduncle, almost up to the base, tepals reflexed, stamens exserted. Roots many, fine. In Omuramba. Rare.

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.

Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper. Leaves alternate, cordate, felty, apex rounded or notched, mucronate. Stems trailing, many radiating from the centre, mostly unbranched, brown. Fruit small fleshy berries, red, round, sessile, in terminal leaf axils. Uncommon. On road verge.

Climber; Notes: Climber, growing in fence. Leaves small, cordate, velvety, light green below, dark green above, apex pointed. Stems flexuous, twining around fence, pubescent, light green to brown. Flowers tiny, in terminal panicles, yellowish-green, hairy on the outside. Black clay. Rare.

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Many-stemmed tree, 8 m high. Trunk grey, bark finely fissured. Leaves bifoliolate, green, tough. Flowers small, pale yellow, in terminal racemes, sepals pale lime green. Common in Omuramba. Thick bush.

Small to medium-sized tree, 3-5 m high. Fruit 4-winged, apple-shaped, copper coloured to brown, wings yellowish-green. Leaves large, drooping, opposite, softly pubescent below, glabrous above.

Shrub; Notes: Large shrub, up to 3 m high. Fruit 4-winged, apple-shaped in outline, rusty brown. Leaves small, opposite, obovate, hairy, apex mucronate. Stems grey. Scattered, but restricted to Omuramba.

Shrub; Notes: Tall shrub, up to 3 m high. Leaves small, obovate with a notched or mucronate apex, velvety. Fruit 4-winged pods, apple-shaped in outline, coppery. Stems brown, bark peeling in long threads. Frequent in Omuramba. Thick bush.

25 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 25 cm high. Flowers yellow, petals spatulate, 2-lobed, subtended by a falcate bract. Bract slit open to base, margins covered with erect hairs. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, softly pubescent, ochna hairy, densely appressed to stem. White sand. Scattered under trees in shade.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 50cm high. Leaves: alternate, ovate-elliptic, folded in midrib, margin smooth; ligule fringed. Flowers: terminal, orange-yellow.

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 30cm high. Flowers: blue. Leaves: elliptic - lanceolate.

25 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 25 cm high. Flowers small, blue, spathe valves fused at the base, bracts sparsely covered with bristly hairs. Leaves elliptic, scabrid, tapering into a long narrow cylinder at the base, ochna with red bristles along the margins. Stems erect, hairy, green. White sand. Under trees in shade.

Annual herb, 10-15 cm high. Flowers blue, spathe short and compact with a few hairs on the outside. Leaves alternate, small, elliptic, sessile, leaf lamina undulating.

Notes: Twiner on grasses. Flowers yellow.

Herb; Notes: Small annual herb, 5 - 10 cm high. Stems mostly unbranched, erect, herbaceous, light green, sparsely pubescent. Leaves linear, lamina long and narrow. Stipules very long and narrow, reddish. Flowers small, yellow, sessile, in pairs in the terminal leaf axils. Pods long, linear, narrow, split into 3 horns at the apex. Common but localized.

Climber; Herb; Notes: Climbing herb. Stems thin, brown, with milky latex, occasionally climbing. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dark green with yellowish venation, apex pointed. Fruit a horned pod, in pairs. Occasional. In woodlands under trees in partial shade. White sand.

Herb; Notes: Herb, 20 - 35 cm high. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dark green, veins yellowish, apex pointed. Stems thin, dark brown, sometimes twining, with milky latex. Fruit immature, long, cylindrical. White sand. Common.

50 cm high; sedge; Notes: Sedge, 50cm high. Inflorescence: terminal, yellow in colour; spikelets compact star-shape arranged. Leaves: linear, basally centered.

Annual climber, growing in partial shade under tree. Stems maroon, round, climbing in Piliostigma tree. Leaves palmate, leaflets 5, petiole short, with leaf opposed tendrils. Fruit grape-like, fleshy, ovoid, green. Flowers small, pale yellow.

Notes: Bulbous plant. Scattered long lanceolate leaves, grey-green and sheathed. Leaf margins entire. Fruit capsules 3 lobed. Inflorescence 50 cm long. Grows in sandy white soil.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, up to 1m tall. Leaves drooping, large, oval with a teat-shaped apex, shiny, green with yellow venation. Stems lax, thin, brown, with milky latex. White sand. Common.

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1 m high. Leaves drooping, large, oval, thinly textured, dark green, shiny, petiole long, slender, yellow. Stems brown, slender, sparsely branched from the base, with milky latex. No flowers or fruit. White sand. Common.

40 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex, 40 cm high. Leaves large, compound, bipinnately divided, with 10 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets oblong, asymmetric, glabrous except on midvein, midvein displaced, apex notched. Stems short, light green. Pods large, very broad and flattened off, sickle shaped, light green, apex rounded, base tapering. Dry woodlands. White loamy sand. Uncommon.

Shrub; Notes: Low shrubs up to 1 m high, with drooping foliage. Leaves compound, alternate, stipules present, leaflets large, oblong to rhombic, asymmetric, velvety, midrib displaced, light green below. Stems light brown, coppicing shoots velvety. Mixed shrubland and woodland. White sand. Common.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 0.75 m when in flower, growing among thorny thicket; rhizome horizontally elongate, much-branched, with dense fibrous roots. Leaves lanceolate. Inflorescence a raceme. Flowers 2 - 2.5 cm in diameter; perianth segments mauve-pink.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 1 m high when in flower, growing within dense thorny shrubbery. Leaves elongate-ovate, bright green, glabrous. Inflorescence a raceme, unbranched. Flowers 30 mm in diameter; perianth segments golden yellow.

Herb; Notes: Hairy, prostrate herb. Flower: head in leaf axils. Leaves: opposite, with brown centre, margin serrate.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate herb. Leaves: opposite, minute, green.

0.3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 0.3 m high. Stem brown, erect. Leaves green with hair, elliptic. Flower single, blue. In sand soil along the roadside.

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 30cm high. Flowers: single, blue in colour.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Flowers small, blue with a white centre, one open at a time. Stems many from the base, thin, covered with erect hairs. Leaves sessile. Occasional on roadverge.

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Height: 1 - 3 m. Small shrub/tree. Common.

1 m high; Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, about 1m high. Leaves: single. Flowers: yellow, tubular.

Climber; Notes: Fleshy climber, on host Dialium. Leaves: whorled arranged, apex tendrillate. Flowers: red- orange, terminal.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 1 m above ground. Stems floppy, unbranched, round. Leaves sessile, glossy green, lanceolate, tips transformed into tendrils. Flowers large, showy, held upside down like a lantern, tepals reflexed, red, yellow at the base filaments green. Black clay. Occasional. Voucher for photograph.

0.5 m high; Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 0.5m high. Leaves: whorled, ovate, apex end in tendrils, base broadly tapering. Flower: bright orange/ yellow corolla in six whorled lobes; 6 stamen. Exposure: shade.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub. Branches drooping, brown, covered with a dense velvety indumentum. Leaves large, elongated-ovate, base asymmetric, grey below, green above, velvety, margins finely serrate. Stipules not falcate. Flowers in terminal axillary clusters, bright yellow, 2.2 cm in diameter. In Omuramba.

50 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Low shrub, 50 cm high. Flowers large, yellow, in 3's in leaf axils, stamens in one column. Leaves drooping, alternate, elliptic, base cordate/oblique, grey and velvety below, green above, margins finely serrulate, stipules long, linear, not falcate. Stems drooping, floppy, round, brown, young shoots with a dense brown indumentum. Frequent at the edge of pans.

80 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Spreading shrub with arching branches, 80 cm high. Branches grey, woody, arched. Leaves slightly drooping, curled up, velvety, grey below, green above, lamina elongated-elliptic, base asymmetric, margins finely serrate. Fruit in clusters on lower parts of branches, 1 or 2-lobed, round, green. Frequent. White sand at edge of depression. Limestone.

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2m high. Stem: rounded. Leaves: soft textured, alternate, base assymetric, apex acute. Fruit: pedicel split in 2, each one bearing a single or paired berry, green-yellow.

0.5 m high; Shrub; Notes: Low tomentose shrublet, 0.5m high. Leaves: ovate, tomentose, papery, margin dentate, base asymmetric, petiole short stipulate and tomentose, apex tapering. Fruit: a green berry, axillary, paired.

Shrub; Notes: Spreading shrubs with drooping branches. Leaves alternate, large, ovate, dark green above, whitish tomentose below, base asymmetrically cordate. Branches held horizontally, round, hairy, grey to green. Fruit large round berries, in pairs, lime green, androgynophore extended. White sand. Common.

40 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Lax shrub, 40 cm high.Flowers fairly large, yellow, 2 cm in diameter, in three's in axils, petals recurved. Leaves drooping, large, asymmetric, base oblique cordate, green above, whitish tomentose below. Stems lax, brown. White sand. Frequent.

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Stiff hairy shrub, 2m high. Leaves: papery, rough surface, margin dentate, base rounded, apex acute, alternate. Flowers: axillary, calyx yellowish, recurved, corolla yellow recurved, many stamens. Stem: round.

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Spreading shrub, 1 m high. Flowers yellow, single, in pairs or threes, axillary, stamens in an erect column, petals reflexed. Leaves elliptic, small, neat, all the same size, somewhat rough to touch, green above and below, margins serrate. Stems brown, woody, round, old ones square. Berries immature, green, round, stalk with white lenticels. Uncommon.

Tree; Notes: Large trees, up to 20 m high. Trunk rusty brown with pieces of black old bark. Leaves bifoliolate, leaflets sickle-shaped, shiny, dark green, leathery. With fruit and buds. Pods half-moon shaped, brown. Occasional.

Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper. Flowers tubular, pale purple with a yellow centre. Leaves ovate to oval in outline, lobed, opposite, densely covered with silvery scales below, dull green above. Stems herbaceous, prostrate, pubescent. Fruit a dorsiventrally flattened pod with a double row of short, winged hooks on either side. Occasional.

Creeper; Herb; Notes: Prostrate herb. Flowers trumpet shaped, soft purple, white around the centre, throat yellow. Fruit green but fully developed. White sand. Occasional.

Herb; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Leaves alternate, elliptic, green above and below, rough to touch, sparsely stellate pubescent. Stems prostrate. Stipules linear. Flowers small, bell shaped, drooping, pale pink, petals shorter than sepals. Capsules tomentose, without horns. Common on road verge.

Herb; Notes: Creeping herb. Stems trailing, with dense yellowish hirsute indumentum. Leaves ovate, 20 x 12 mm, margins dentate, with stellate indumentum. Flowers solitary, axillary, long-stalked, 8 mm long. Petals pale pink with darker central band, shorter than sepals and stamens. Mixed semi-deciduous woodland after a burn.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate mat forming herb. Flowers small, pale pink, nodding, petals shorter than sepals. Leaves ovate, sparsely stellate tomentose, bright green, stellate hairs large. Stems prostrate, shoots radiating out from the centre, sparsely stellate. Black clay. Common.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate annual herb. Flowers small, pale pink, petals shorter than sepals. Leaves alternate, elliptic, sparsely stellate pubescent, stellate hairs large. White loamy sand. Frequent on roadverge.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub. Stem lie flat on the ground, erect and dark brown. Leaves fresh, single, elliptic, dark green. Flower small, 5 petals, pink, single, soft. Fruits green. In full sun in clay soil along the roadside in shrubland.

Dwarf shrub; Notes: Dwarf shrub, 20 - 30 cm high. Stems sticky, covered with glandular hairs, erect, green, branched. Leaves small, elliptic, glandular, sparsely stellate pubescent, margins toothed, stipules present. Flowers small, nodding, bell-shaped, pale orange, single, axillary. Black clay. Scattered in floodplain.

Herb; Notes: Occasional in grassland. Erect herb, 3 inches. Flowers white. Altitude about 3000 feet.

Shrub; Notes: 1 m tall shrub. Flower have 5 yellow petals with deep maroon centre, stamens orange and carried on spike. Flower stalk covered in long spikey hairs. Leaves opposite, palmately compound with 5 leaflets, lanceolate with serrate margins. Stipules present. Stems green and purple coloured on one side, somewhat herbaceous to lightly woody. Grows in white sandy soil.

Herb; Notes: Herb. Leaves palmate, alternate, leaflets 5, sparsely pubescent with irritant hairs below. Flowers large, showy, pale yellow with dark maroon base. Epicalyx stiff, needle-like, protruding, sparsely covered with bristles. Stems floppy, ascending, maroon, glaucous, sparsely covered with irritant hairs. On roadverge. Occasional.

10 ft high; Herb; Notes: Herb 10 feet, scandent in other shrubs. Flowers lemon yellow with velvety maroon heart. Sandy soil. Mbukushu: Kondoworo.

Notes: Stems up to 10 cm tall. Flowers 45 cm in diameter. Lobes long, thin and long tip, yellow. Margins reflexed. Tube 5 mm deep, 10 mm in diameter, wine red with pale base around corana.

Climber; Notes: Twining shrub, long branches, very hairy. Flowers 1 cm, light pink.

Notes: Annual twiner, with shiny leaves and small whitish flowers.

2 m high; Climber; Notes: Annual climber, 2 m high. Leaves large, cordate, on a long, stiff petiole, light green below with white netted venation, dark green above. Flowers large, axillary, trumpet shaped, faded, pale purple shaded deep purple towards the centre. Stems twining, light grey, velvety. Capsules immature, obovate, green. Rare.

Climber; Creeper; Notes: Annual climber. Flowers large, trumpet shaped, single, pale purple flushed dark purple towards the centre. Leaves large, cordate, alternate, dark green above, white below with netted venation. Stems floppy. Large underground tuber. White sand. Growing under a tree in shade. Rare. Voucher for photograph.

Annual climber. Inflorescence in clusters. Calyx hairy. Flowers trumpet-shaped, blue, tube white. Leaves heart-shaped, sparsely hairy.

Annual succulent herb, up to 1m high. Flowers in dense terminal dichasia, tubular, orange. Stems and leaves glandular-sticky. Leaves opposite, succulent, sheathing the stem at the base.

Notes: 2 were collected before. Soft leaves.

40 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Herbaceous shrub, growing in shade under tree, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale purple, in a dense axillary spike, peduncles shorter than leaves, 1 - 3 cm long. Leaves opposite, ovate, thin, dark green above, white below. Stems square, hairy, herbaceous.

40 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Low suffrutex, 40 cm high. Flowers deep yellow, large, in pairs in terminal leaf axils. Bracts as large as the sepals, cordate, wavy. Leaves large, drooping, ovate, velvety. Stems erect, woody at the base, shoots light green, velvety. In Omuramba.

Creeper; Herb; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Flowers yellow, funnel shaped. Leaves lanceolate, base 3-lobed. Capsules round. White limestone gravel. Common on road verge.

0.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 0.2 m high. Stem erect, green. Leaves big, simple, green colour. Flower yellow. Fruits single, ball, white. In full sun in sand soil along the roadside.

Climber; Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper or climber. Flowers yellow, trumpet shaped, single. Leaves lanceolate, with 3 teeth at the base, green. Stems filiform, prostrate or twining in grasses and herbs. Frequent. White sandy soil.

Herb; Creeper; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Flowers yellow, corolla rotate, delicate. Leaves lanceolate with a 3-lobed base, green. Stems thin, creeping or twining. Capsules round. White loamy sand. Common on roadverge.

Creeper; Notes: Creepeing herbaceous plant. Yellow trumpet shaped flowers with 5 fused petals and light green sepals. Leaves near sessile, ovate and with entire to biserrate margins. Undersurface of leaves covered in bristle hair. Fruit a round capsule. Grows in well-drained soil on plain next to road.

60 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex, 60 cm high. Flowers in a terminal raceme, small, deep purple. Leaves compound, trifoliolate, stipules present. Stems erect, green, hairy. Voucher for photograph. Very attractive when in flower. Would make a good garden plant. Scattered but localized, in Omuramba.

20 cm high; Dwarf shrub; Notes: Dwarf shrub, herbaceous, 20 cm high. Flowers pastel orange, single or in pairs, in terminal leaf axils, stamens 8, irregular. Stems branched, woody at the base, brown. Leaves small, sessile, opposite, undulating, apex pointed. Capsules V-shaped, on a short slender pedicel, erect, green. Black clay. Occasional but restricted to floodplains.

1.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.2 m high. Leaves alternate, elliptic, dark green, margins finely and sharply serrate, wavy. Stems grey, woody. Flowers and fruit absent. Under trees in shade. Uncommon.

Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper. Stems prostrate, pubescent, green, no milky latex. Leaves opposite, elliptic, stiff, margins wavy. Flowers in axillary corymbs, cream, corolla lobes star shaped, fused at the base to from a short cup. White limestone gravel. Common on road verges.

Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb. Flowers: white in clusters. Leaves: paired, ovate, leathery. Fruit: elongated, follicle green.

0.5 m high; Geophyte; Notes: Single stemmed geophyte, 0.5m high. Leaves: single broadly lanceolate-elliptic. Inflorescence: a panicle with orange flowers. Underground organ: bulb, with brown horizontal stripes.

1 m high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 1m high. Elongated-ovate, leaves are found at the nodes. Inflorescence: terminal raceme, bright orange flowers.

Annual herb up to 30 cm high. Stems and leaves softly pubescent. Leaves linear. Flowers small, white. Fruit immature, with 3 wings, hairy, light green.

Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb. Leaves: cordate on a long petiole. Flowers: orange; calyx and epi-calyx green.

Shrub; Notes: Spreading herbaceous shrub. Flowers light yellow with a maroon centre, style branched. Epicalx lobes many, filiform. Leaves cordate, 5-lobed, dark green, felty. Stems floppy, erect to ascending, light green, felty. Frequent on roadverges and disturbed areas.

Suffrutex; Notes: Spreading shrubby herb, 60 - 70 cm high. Plant covered with irritant hairs. Leaves alternate, large, cordate in outline, 5-lobed, felty. Flowers large, pale yellow with a dark maroon centre. Stems flaccid. Common on roadverge.

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1 m high. Leaves round, margins dentate, petioles 4 cm long, stipules present. Tendril-like growth on both sides of axils. Whole plant covered in soft short hair. Yellow flowers with 5 petals. Dark red centre, pistils and stamens yellow. Not very common.

Growing out of a succulent rootstock and flowering in September. Easy to grow in the garden (pot). Foliage has a strong herbal smell if crushed. Plant in flower.

Growing out of a succulent rootstock and flowering in September. Easy to grow in the garden (pot). Foliage has a strong herbal smell if crushed. Plant in seed.

Growing out of a succulent rootstock and flowering in September. Easy to grow in the garden (pot). Foliage has a strong herbal smell if crushed.

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Trees or shrubs, 2 - 15 m high. Common at the edge of pans. Young shoots densely covered with fine rusty brown hairs, trunk grey. Leaves feathery, with 4 - 9 pairs of pinnae, leaflets densely hairy below. Pods flat, winged, tapering into a pointed tip, light green, velvety.

10 cm high; Herb; Notes: Small herb, 10cm high. Leaves: linear, alternate. Fruit: green.

Herb; Notes: Herb with 4-angled fruit. Stems many from the base, flaccid, twining at the tip, unbranched, very thin, sparsely pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, long and narrow, alternate, base lanceolate. Fruit 4-angled, drooping, light green below, dark green above, pubescent. White sand. In shade under tree. Scattered.

Large tree, 8-10 m high. Leaves compound. Leaflets elliptic, opposite, petiole swollen, black.

Herb; Notes: Herb, couple of cm above ground, with big spherical underground tuber. Leaves opposite, velvety above and below, dull green, spatulate. Stems short, dichotomously branched, light green, velvety, with milky latex. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, sessile, campanulate, lime green. White sand.

Geophyte, 0.30 m above ground. Berries orange to red, in a dense umbel, scape fleshy. Leaves large, oval, held erect and apressed against the scape, shiny, green, undulating, base amplexicaul.

Many-stemmed shrub up to 3 m high. Leaves palmate, dark green above, light green below. Bark grey. Flowers and fruit absent.

4 ft high; Herb; Notes: Tall 4 feet herb with pale dirty pink flowers. Stem much-branched from near base.Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 131: 11 (1968) as Sesamum calycinum Welw.by P.G.Meyer.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Shrubby herb, 50 cm high. Flowers pale orange, perianth rotate. Leaves elongated-oval, grey-green, discolorous. Stems many from the base, unbranched, erect. Fruit present, mature and immature round capsules, enclosed in calyx.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Perennial herbs, 50 cm high. Flowers pale pink with dark red throat.

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, perennial. Height: 1-2 m (either a self standing shrub up to 1 m, or clambering in/over plants up to 2 m). Leaves: simple dark green above, pale and velvety below, very short petiole, decussate. Stem and bark: stiff, dark brown. Fruit and seed: two pods resembling the horns of a bull, large, brown, with white flecks when mature. Vegetation: closed/open woodland.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m high. Trunk grey, covered with thick corky bark, longitudinally fissured. Leaves opposite, obovate to round, hairy above and below, 5 veins arising from the base, runnning parallel. Fruit round, hard, up to 5 cm in diameter, green with white speckles. Uncommon. Dry woodland, white loamy sand.

2 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 1-2m high. Leaves are fascicled, elliptic, hairless, apex has thorn ending. Fruit: round.

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.

Untidy shrub. Stems decussate, opposite. Leaves opposite, elliptic, hairy above and below, drooping. Buds in dense terminal clusters.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 - 8 m high. Leaves clustered at the end of the terminal shoots, silvery below, blue-green above, silky. Pods in terminal clusters, red, single-seeded, winged. Stems grey, smooth. Common.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 5 - 10 m high, in fruit. Leaves clustered terminally, silvery-grey below, blue-green above, silky. Pods in terminal clusters, red, winged, single-seeded. Stems grey, smooth. Mixed woodland and shrubland. Common.

5 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 5m high. Leaves in terminal clusters, sessile, silky pubescent, blue-green. Pods in dense terminal clusters, red, single-seeded, winged. Stems black. White sand. Frequent.

Tree; Notes: Twiner on trees and shrubs. Berries red when ripe.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 40 - 60 cm high. Inflorescence a much-branched panicle. Flowers single, pale yellow, tepals reflexed, filaments pubescent. Leaves in a basal rosette, erect, long and linear, fleshy, terete or angular in cross section, dark green, each leaf enclosed in a pink membranous sheath at the base. Growing below shrubs in Omuramba.

Creeper; Notes: Creeper, herbaceous. Stems covered with short dense hairs. Leaves carried on 5 cm long petioles, hastate with serrate margins, alternate. Stipules present. Flowers carried in a raceme, fluffy balls. Young growth tips curls around the plants. Grows in shade in sandy white soil.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate annual herb. Flowers yellow, less than 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 7 - 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets small, densely hairy below, apex pointed. Fruit spiny, round, segmented. Stems prostrate to ascending, maroon to light brown. White sandy loam, limestone gravel, cleared roadverge. Common.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Stems prostrate to ascending, sparsely covered with erect hairs. Flowers yellow, petals up to 1.2 cm long. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets densely hairy below. White loamy sand. Frequent.

Herb; Notes: Tender annual herb. Flowers yellow, tubular, tube long and narrow. Under trees in shade.

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 30 cm high. Flowers bright orange, tubular, only one open at a time. Leaves sessile. Stems herbaceous, erect, sparsely covered with long red bristles. White sand. Occasional. Voucher for photograph.

45 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 45 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow fading to rusty brown, in dense axillary clusters, calyx hairy. Leaves elongated ovate, felty, dark green, venation below reticulate. Stems herbaceous, felty. Common on road verges.

45 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 45 cm high. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, small, pale yellow. Leaves elongated-elliptic, felty. Stems erect. Common in disturbed areas.

40 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow, in dense axillary clusters. Leaves elongated ovate, felty. Stems erect. White limestone roadverge, cleared.

40 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow, fading to rusty brown, in axillary clusters. Leaves alternate, elongate-elliptic, hairy. Stems erect, brown at the base, green upwards. Common on roadverge.

1.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Lax spreading shrub, 1.2 m high. Leaves alternate, large ovate, thinly textured, dark green, margins entire. Stems erect, round, green, sparsely hairy. Berries in dense axillary clusters, sub-sessile, red, fleshy and enclosed in a papery inflated calyx, like a gooseberry. Growing in partial shade under a tree.