Collections made by Jonathan Timberlake

Shrub to 2 m. Inflorescence terminal. Understorey of Guibourtia dry forest.-x000D- Biodiversity Survey of Coastal dry Forests in Northern Mozambique

Shallow-roted herb to 1.3m. Leaves sheathing like Iris; base of leaves swollen, curved forwards. Flowers scattered up flowering shoots, open, non-tubular, bright blue. Ovary swollen. Very local.

Tufted fern to 20 cm on forest floor.

Sub-canopy tree to 18 m, trunk tall, branching high. Slight curtaining on lower trunk. Bark greyish, pale with horizontal lenticels. Slash red-brown, thin. Saplings to 4 m. Leaves pinnate, leaflets sub-opposite, glossy green, leathery.

Small understory tree to 3 m. Bark smooth, dark. Leaves dark green, glossy.

Lithophytic fern on quartzite boulders in stream. Creeping robust rhizome. Fronds deeper blue-green; none fertile.

Patch of low-branching trees to 4m high. Trunks heavily crusted with lichens. Buds large, ovoid; sometimes much smaller. Six pairs of leaflets. Rachis softly but sparsely hairy. Leaves glossy green, leathery. Some pink-flushed young growth. Pods woody, massive.

Tree to 10 m, spreading canopy, branching low. Bark rough, fissured grey. Leaves with 4 pinnae pairs. Young pods green, massive, woody, strongly ridged on one side. Dominant tree in Brachystegia woodland.

Spreading canopy tree to 10 m, branching low. Bark dark, flaking. Leaves glossy green, terminal pair largest; buds rounded.

Shrub to 1.5 m. Leaves glossy green, 2-3 pinnae pairs; stipular bud somewhat flattened.

Tree to 10 m, spreading canopy, branching low. Bark rough, fissured grey. Leaves with 4 pinnae pairs. Young pods green, massive, woody, strongly ridged on one side

Notes: Tree to 8 m, with spreading canopy. Bark fissured, grey-brown. Leaves flushing yellow-green/brown. Flowers open, greenish. Locally common in open miombo woodland on hillside.

Tree to 8 m, with spreading canopy. Bark fissured, grey-brown. Leaves flushing yellow-green/brown. Flowers open, greenish.

Buttressed tree to 25 m, partly fallen. Shallow root plate. Bark lenticelled, foetid smell when cut. Leaves asymmetric at base. Fruits small, round, stalked.

Fleshy herb to 1.5 m by streamside. Stems and leaves spirally arranged. Terminal clustered inflorescence. Flowers opening singly, white with pink-maroon mouth; prominent yellow lines to hidden stamens.

Yellow flower from fleshy root; shoot also fleshy. Root more vertical than horizontal.

Shrub to 2 m. Fleshy leaves. Small green fruits clustered in axils.

Canopy tree to 15 m. Bark smooth. Slash slightly aromatic, yellow-green. Leaves with stellate hairs underneath.

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

Grass to 40cm,tufted, hard to dig out. Inflorescence very narrow, purple-tinged, anthers hanging out. When seeding, glumes opening widely, very hairy, whitish.

Tree to 4 m. Long spicate axillary inflorescence, greenish-white with yellow anthers. Many ants farming scale insects.

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 248, 2011.

Large buttressed tree to 30 m. Bark smooth, pale yellow-green, no lenticels. Branch breakages rounded; some epicormic shoots, hollow (collected). Slash thin, no speckles, pale yellow-green, slightly sticky; no smell to slightly fresh smell. Leaves large, very rough/sandpapery to touch, ?equal at base, light yellow-green; larger/broader than those of C. gomphophylla.

Large spreading tree to 15 m; bole straight, branched high, loaded with epiphytes (Rhipsalis, orchids). Bark dark brown, smooth, slightly shiny in places. Leaves large, clustered terminanlly, not hairy.

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

Small understory tree to 4 m. Branches and leaves opposite; stems angular. Small amount of yellow sap. Fruits said to be edible.

Tree to 6 m. Leaves large, ribbed, clustered terminally. Fruits axillary, very hard, many-seeded, in 2s.

Small bulbous herb to 20 cm. Tuber round, fleshy. Leaves long, linear, hairy. Each flowering shoot with 2 yellow flowers.

Small tree to 4 m. Large leaves. Axillary fruits with long sepals.

Tufted fern, no fertile fronds

Large tree to 15 m. Bark light coloured, smooth, with red slash. Leaves heart-shaped, somewhat peltate.

Shrub to 2 m. Glossy unequal leaves. Flowers in axillary inflorescence, small, white.

Small tree to 4 m. Leaves opposite, pinnate, venation prominent under, slightly hairy. Inflorescence terminal, large yellow flowers, throat with maroon markings. Occasional at edge of drainage line in Afzelia - Berlinia woodland., Occurrence: occasio

Slightly succulent herb. White fleshy roots. Leaves mostly basal, often reddish. Flowers in a terminal head, pale purple.

Evergreen fleshy shrub to 2 m. Leaves large, with large enclosing stipules. Fruits axillary, shaped like figs.

Tufted perennial grass to 1 m.

Canopy tree to 18 m, dbh 33.0 cm, or shrub to 1 m. Bark smooth, grey, flaking in sections.

Woody herb to 1.5 m. Flowers in terminal racemes, small, pale yellow. Pods small, stick to clothes. Seeds collected.

Creeping epiphytic or epilithic orchid with pseudobulbs. Leaves strongly purplish.

Cited in Harris, Darbyshire & Polhill, Kew Bulletin 66(2): 250, 2011.

Understory tree to 6 m. Leaves dark green, leathery, serrated margins.

Succulent herb, no leaves. Fruits small, green.

Shrub to 2m. Leaves light green. Inflorescences clustered, terminal and axillary, flowers white with long extruding stigmas.

Slender shrub to 2 m.

Bulbous herb to 30cm. Bulb covered in fibres, yellowish when cut open; roots fleshy. Basal leaves semi-succulent. Dense terminal raceme of white (blue-tinged) flowers; flowers very open, on-tubular; anthers dark grey-blue. Pollinated by bees.

Climbing understory shrub to 3 m high. Leaves opposite, generally all in one plane.

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

Shrub in riverine forest. Fruits

Canopy tree to 25 m, dbh 49 cm. Trunk straight with narrow buttresses. Bark purple-brown, with lenticels. Leaves glossy, with drip-tip. Milky latex. Vern. name: Mdunduwe

Tree to 8m, branching low. In full leaf; long petiole. Unripe fruits.

Small tree to 5m. Some small stilt roots at base. Leaves whorled, large, leathery. Few saplings around.

Annual herb to 3cm. Small mauve lipped flowers, 1 or 2 per plant. No leaves.

Wiry herb to 50cm, tufted. Short lateral roots. Head terminal, compact yellow flowers.