Records made by Tony Alegria

In fruit

Climber with striking fruits

Climber

Very common at the School.

Flowering getting under way

Leaves as wide as long (fleckii narrower).

Pictures taken to show the pale, peeling branchlets,. Sometimes with a greenish underbark.

In full flower

Very tall trees.

Flowering when leafless; buds red.

In flower

Paired straight thorns, very prominent cushions, flowers white balls, 6-8 pairs of pinnate; rhachis grooved.

In full flower

Several fine trees

Trunk peeling with green underbark. Pods with nipples (not seen on this occasion)

Bark strong green colour

Flowering when leafless; buds red.

Poss black, mostly scarcely indented, but a few were indented.

Somewhat unexpected plant!

Tree with extraordinary curved pods in extreme cases almost circular; an effect of some gall or disease.

Pods coiled because of an insect

This tree was planted on 11 October 1991 by Queen Eliziabeth.

A planted baobab at a rather higher altitude than they would naturally occur. This specimen shows that reasonable sizes can be attained and that these plants flower and produce fruit.

Labelled Brachystegia evrycoma (eurycoma perhaps intended) but clearly Afzelia from the flowers.

Small white-flowered plants

Flowers white

Flowers white (purple also present)

Planted?

Not sure if planted or not

Stamens white wirth pink tips; (4-)5 pairs pinnae; c. 8 pairs of leaflets; 8 trees some very large.

Many specimens of this species at Chapungu'

In flower

In flower

In lawn

Shrub. Petiole with swelling at apex and two 'whiskers' at the base of the lamina.

Leaves variable in shape from lobes to unlobed; stellate-hairy especially beneath; fruit large, green with 4 week longitudinal ridges.

On a Brachystegia boehmii

In flower