Records determined by Iain Darbyshire

Shrub to 3 m tall with spreading-ascending lateral branches. Male inflorescences below female ones, or some branches with male inflorescences only.

Monocot. about 30 to 40 cm tall, with white bulb like onion,yellow greenish flowers.

In steep ravine, in thick leaf litter, bottom of stem orange, to purple further up; calyx light green; petals light orange; filaments lighter orange; stigma light green.

A climber about 4 m tall, opposite leaves, inflorescence green, fruits green, red wine when ripe with yellowish pollen.

iNaturalist record
This is a first record for Botswana.

Shrublet, 0.3 m high. Flower orange.

Small spiny shrub growing in sun at edge of thicket. Pale orange flowers. Growing in low thicket on a small outcrop at a spring. Canopy trees are Manilkara mochisia, Acacia robusta ssp. clavigera and Dalbergia melanoxylon

Erect herb, about 0.45 m high.

15 cm high; Dwarf shrub; Notes: Dwarf shrub, 15 cm high. Flowers trumpet shaped, pastel purple, enclosed at the base by two large bracts. Leaves opposite, elliptic. Stems square, short. On limestone gravel, cleared area. Rare.

Shrub, 0.8 m high. Flower pink.

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Flowers yellow

Flowers purple to very pale white; growing where protected by spiny bushes

Very spiny sepals, 2 outer enormous. 4-lobed purple corolla.

Small plant ca. 40-50 cm high, growing in coastal woodland on sandy soils. Flowers mauve.

Herb 0.86 m tall with violet-blue flowers. Occasional.-x000D- Habitat: savanna on a limestone cliff-top. In level well-drained, stony gravel, in full sun. No biotic effect seen.

UJ DNA No. UJ04925

Along Metapiri River.-x000D- -x000D- UJ DNA No. UJ06974

UJ DNA No. UJ05022

Low shrub, c. 1 m tall, growing along edge of path. In tall thicket on a low limestone outcrop.

Erect annual herb. Flowers purple with paler tube and throat.

Erect annual herb c. 60 cm tall. Corolla lobes blue-purple, tube and outside of lobes paler.

Annual herb with many branches from a decumbent base. Tepals white, flower pink within.

Herb about 15 cms, white flowers.

Up to 20 cm tall. Flowers small, yellow with reddish sepals. Large leaves at base, with smaller leaves looking like scales up the stem.

Herb with white flowers (4-5 petals), simple leaves with toothed margins

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Large tree to 25 m, spreading, dbh 134.3 cm. Foliage evergreen; leaves lanceolate. Fruits solitary, green, with persistent calyx.

Shrub to 1 m. Flowers large, bright mauve.

Tree about 6 m tall, bark fissured, greyish white flowers.

Arvore de 8m, folhas simples lanceoladas

Arbusto de 3m altura, caule liso com seiva branca colante folhas simples alternadas

Epiphyte. Strangler fig in Xylopia tree. Roots growing down trunk. Leaves young.

Climbing twining herb. All dry clustered flower heads with ripe seed. Seed collected.

Erect herb to 1.5 m tall (usually less), stiff branches erect. Fruiting only; bracts pale green, inflorescences 1-sided.

Flowers purple. Plant slightly hairy at nodes.

Perennial herb, up to 35 cm high with milky sap, growing from a fleshy tuber; leaves mostly basal, capitula terminal consisting only of a whorl of rays. Locally fairly frequent.

Trailing or decumbent herb, numerous radiating branches forming clumps; stems red. Flowers minute, red-brown.

Small bulbous herb; bulb white with slimy sap. Culms fleshy; flowers pale green with pinkish tinge to some tepals. Fruits pale green.

Monocot. about 15 to 20 cm tall, bulb with fasciculate roots, white purple flowers.

It grows in the shade as a small bushy plant not much more than 30cm high. The leaves are very dark green and the flowers grow out of bracts that arise at the leaf axils. There are 3 lower lobes with some patterning on the centre lobe, and a single upper lobe. The colour ranged from pale mauve to a darker mauve in some specimens.

Shrub, 2 - 4 m tall, flowers greenish white, crushed leaves aromatic.

Fleshy herb, decumbent stems to 50 cm tall. Corolla yellow, 4 petals. Fruits green.

Arbusto de 5m altura, caule liso, folhas verde e vermelhas na sua epoca de caducidade, fruto circular verde

Shrubs to 1.5 m or small tree. Leaves with long petioles. Fruits on side shoots, reddish above.

Small tree, 3 to 5 m tall, milk latex present, inflorescence axillare, flowers in bud.

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Shrub to 2.5 m tall, widely branched. Leaves sticky when pressed, glossy. In bud only, green.

Small tree or shrub, up to 3 m tall. Collected previously in bud only, here in full flower. Corolla white, 4-lobed, 4 long-exserted white stamens.

Small shrub about 2 to 4 tall, flowering but still in buds.

Shrub to small tree, 2 m tall. Stems slightly greenish. Fruits small, green, axillary.

Slender erect annual herb to 30 cm tall. Flowers minute, greenish-white.

Annual herb, trailing over rocks and in crevices. In fruit only, green.

Shrub, 2.5 m tall; leaves pale green beneath, glossy green above. Flowers male, cupular, sepals pale green-white; stamens yellow.

Slender annual herb, sometimes much-branched. Female flowers with 5 pale green tepals. Fruits green with yellow-green stigmas.

Tree up to 5 m height, leaves dark green upperface, pale underneath, fruits green, four lobed

Shrub up to 2 m tall, green leaves, fruits green. Fairly common locally.

Shrub to 2.5 m. Fruits green turning brown-black, often on leafless portions of branches.

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Flowers red

Scrambling red-flowered herb

Erect wiry herb with pink gelatinous bulb. Tepals pinkish-green with pink midvein, only seen in bud at 1 pm. Fruits green.

Small bulbous herb. Shoots very slender. Small terminal green flowers, not yet open. Collection mixed with Thesium sp.

Arbusto de 7m, caule acastanhado muito forte, nao bem recto, folhas alterndas, simples, peciolos 2mm, flores de cor de vinho esbranquissado

Occasional; in grasses, open sandy areas, full sun; base of stems purple, green further up; corolla tube and lobes bright red-orange.

Herb; approx. 10 cm tall; stems light green, with a brown tint; leaves light green; flower petals bright red; weed of Maize/Millet Fields.

Occasional; near marshy area; purple stems at base; corolla tube red outside; purple on lobes outside and inside; throat of corolla tube red and white.

Herb, 20 cm. Stems light green with a reddish-brown tint towards base; flowers purple.

Herb; 40 cm, erect. Stems purplish at base, semi-succulent. Bracts tinged with blue. Flowers pink-purple, white in throat with darker pink-purple patches at opening. In rocks in dry streambed.

Herb; 50 cm, erect. Stems dark red-purple tinged with green. Corolla pale purple, white inside throat. Plant semi-succulent. Common.

Parasitic, occasional in the forest understory to 0.3 m high. Stem dull pink. Flowers light purple.

Shrub to 2.5 m, leaves vivid green; sharp thorns on older branches. Flowers in bud only, pale green.

Small shrubby tree to 4 m. Some old fruits to 6 cm diameter. Flowering on new growth.

Tree to 8 m. Dark leathery green lvs. Panicle infl. Flrs not yet open. Flr buds tinged pink.

Small understorey tree to 5 m. Leaves leathery. Flowers just finished; fruits purple-tinged.

Annual herb, much branched. Corolla pure white, calyx markedly winged.

Flowering with leaves; stems reddish; perianth lobes long mucronate. All characters pointing to var. transvaalensis.

Tree to 6 m. Large glossy leaves.

Herb to 1 m. Upper leaves clasping. Lax sprays of small yellow flowers. Seeds collected.

Arbusto de 3m de alt. diametro de 3 cm caule escuro espinhoso ate pequenos ramos, fruto circular alongado verde e vermelho amarelado ja maduro, com caroso bem forte (semente) encontrado na zona pedregoso, pessiolo de 5mm.