Philenoptera violacea (Klotzsch) Schrire

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Caprivi records: View all records (373)

Records of this taxon from Caprivi are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
93262023 Oct 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
599
GL Maggs
WIND

Caprivi: West Caprivi (middle): grassy omuramba.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3 0Tree; Notes: Tall tree, 8 m high. Bark pale grey. Branchlets greyish, pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate - upper pinna 140 x 50 mm; lateral pinna 60 x 20 mm, grey-green, abaxially velutinous. Inflorescence a panicle, drooping, 220 x 100 mm. Flowers pendulous, 1 cm long; sepals fused, grey, velutinous; petals blue-lilac.-17.87500022.6250005
9230405 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed woodlandMukolo Camp, Kavango River2070Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C4 958-17.87499023.3406707
9253707 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Terminalia sericea woodland with sometimes very dense riverine influencesMukolo Camp, Kavango River2070Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C4 965-17.87541023.3419207
91233028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge and woodland on kalahari sandB8 East of Kongola0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D3 965-17.82847023.7098006
9182602 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed woodlandAlong B8 to Ngoma near Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724A4 936-17.49390024.3069607
91363029 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Dense riverine fringeMutoya Lodge, Kalimbeza0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C2 935-17.55693024.4736507
94024017 Oct 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
549
GL Maggs
WIND

Caprivi: Katima Mulilo: Nature Conservation Offices: on banks of Zambezi River.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C2 0Tree; Notes: Tall tree, ca. 8 m high. Bark grey, flaky. Leaves alternate, 5-pinnatisect; stipules linear, paired, membranous, pale green to brown, 6 mm long, petiole sturdy, perpendicular to branchlet, terete to adaxially flattened, velutinous, basally pronouncedly swollen; rachis as for petiole; petiolule up to 4 mm long, sturdy, terminally articulated; pinna narrowly ovate, 20-140 x 15-50 mm, terminally largest, discoloured, venation prominent giving puckered appearance. Flowers in pendulous much-branched panicle (ca. 20 cm long), 8-10 mm long. Petals lilac.-17.62500024.3750005
91535031 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
wooded grassland on kalahari sand, disturbed areaAlong track to Chobe Camp, Ngoma0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 932-17.89880024.7168607
9468903 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis
759
WIND

Caprivi: Site GH2, floodplain edge, near Maunpa Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0-17.89806024.7219404
94761026 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis
664
C Mannheimer
BA Curtis
WIND

Caprivi: Site S1, floodplain.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D4 01.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1.2 m tall. Leaflets very large.-17.87806024.7580604
95231015 Jun 1971JWH Giess
JWH Giess
11397
JWH Giess
WIND

Caprivi: At Dikundu, 19.5 km south of Andara. Dry woodland.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A2 0-18.12500021.3750002
91026027 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed riverine woodland on Kalahari sandNear Treehouse 10, Ngepi Camp, Kavango River0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821B1 991-18.11471021.6687907
9559402 Dec 1990GL Maggs
GL Maggs
888
GL Maggs
WIND

Caprivi: East Caprivi. Mvubu Camp, on bank of Kwando River back-water, near Balelwa.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A2 0Notes: Tall tree. Ethnobotanical specimen. Common name: tcho (Kwe), mupanda (Lozi) - wood-peg, to mark site of new home. Leaves placed in boiling water to increase milk production in cows.-18.12500023.3750002
9243206 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed woodlandC49 turn off to Mukorfu Primary School0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B1 951-18.23844023.5896307
9237606 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed woodland on Kalahari sandC49 layby South of Mudumu National Park0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B1 949-18.19679023.5111307
9213704 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Remnant tree in disturbed areasC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B2 937-18.13455023.9429706
9206804 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside secondary scrub, dry mixed decidious woodlandC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B2 934-18.08854023.9856007
9249706 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Along dry river near bridge crossingEntrance road to Nkasa Lupale N.P.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B3 949-18.26547023.6422307

Total records found: 18



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Records of: Philenoptera violacea.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=131190, retrieved 5 December 2025

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