Records determined by Roger Polhill

Determinations: 22

The following is a list of the records determined by Roger Polhill in species name order.

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
80874Agelanthus pungu18 Nov 1993MG Bingham
MG Bingham 9798 RM Polhill K
On Monotes katangensis.Kabwe Rural District; Des Valley Farm. 0Zambia1428C2C1200

-14.66666728.4166675
80875Agelanthus pungu27 Nov 1993CN Nkhoma
CN Nkhoma 36 RM Polhill K
Chishimba Falls picnic and camping areaChishimba Falls. Ca 32 km northwest of Kasama at Chishimba Falls picnic and camping area. 13 km from intersection of roads M3 and D20 on road D20 and 2 km south/southwest on access road to power station. 2010Zambia1030B2N1380

Bright yellow with red-tinged inflorescence. Anthers fused to corolla.

-10.15277830.9150004
80881Agelanthus terminaliae1 Aug 1993MG Bingham
MG Bingham 9493 RM Polhill K
On Isoberlinia. Mkushi District; Changwena Falls. 1350Zambia1329B3C1400

Abundant. Pale yellow or cream flowers widespread on the woodland floor, appear to be of this species.

-13.41666729.5500004
81122Bolusia amboensis16 Mar 1996DK Harder
B Luwiika
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika NB Zimba 313 RM Polhill B Luwiika K
In Hymenocardia chipia thickets. Mongu District; Off the Mongu-Kaoma road in Ituku Plain in Hymenocardia chipia thickets. 0Zambia1424C4B1140

Suffrutex; approx. 30 cm tall; stem woody, light green; leaves dark green on top, light green underneath; fruits light green with a removable greyish white powder.

-14.98333324.2500004
81623Crotalaria flavicarinata5 Mar 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 2454 RM Polhill K
In Miombo-Terminalia woodland and adjacent dambo areas. Disturbed by cattle grazing and charcoal production. Vertisol soils. Namwala District; Ila National Forest. 11.0 km west of Namwala along motorable dirt track. 0ZambiaS950

Herb; 1.0 m, erect. Leaves dark green above, whitish below. Calyx yellowish, papery. Standard white, green at base with green and maroon veins on back. Wings yellow, keel greenish-white. Young fruits pale green, inflated. Rare in woodland.

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81648Crotalaria laburnifolia subsp. laburnifolia23 Feb 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 954 RM Polhill K
Livingstone District; along Livingstone-Lusaka Road, 18.9 km from the main water tank in Livingstone-Boma along Livingstone-Lusaka Road. 0Zambia1723C1S1020

Shrub to 1 m, rare, in disturbed woodland. Stems bluish green. Leaves green. Flowers yellow. Keel appearing greenish. Pods green, inflated, persistent long, hooked style.

-17.66666723.2000004
81673Crotalaria pisicarpa26 Feb 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 522 RM Polhill B Luwiika K
Sinazongwe District; Collecting near Siazwela village, Chief Sinazongwe, 4.1 km from Maamba/Sinazongwe Road, turning East at the Sinazeze Shopping Center. 0Zambia1727A2S640

Trailing to 3 m. Stems light green with reddish-brown tint; leaves light green; flowers bright yellow; fruits dull green with white hairs.

-17.12333327.4355565
81674Crotalaria pisicarpa23 Feb 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 964 RM Polhill K
Livingstone District; along Livingstone-Lusaka Road, 18.9 km from the main water tank in Livingstone-Boma along Livingstone-Lusaka Road. 0Zambia1723C1S1020

Shrub, spreading on the ground. Stems brown-green, with grey hairs. Leaves light green, woolly hairs on the underside. Flowers yellow. Standard with orange streaks. Fruits green. Pedicel brown.

-17.66666723.2000004
81677Crotalaria platysepala14 Mar 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 1136 RM Polhill K
Mopane woodland.Gwembe District; Siavonga area, Mutulanganga PFA No. 183, 35.4 km from Siavonga Boma along Siavonga-Lusaka Road in mopane woodland. 0Zambia1628B3S420

Shrub to 0.4 m, common among grasses. Stems brown to green. Flowers yellow. Calyx green. Standard yellow with brown streaks. Fruits green and inflated.

-16.28333328.7166675
81676Crotalaria platysepala1 Mar 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 1014 RM Polhill K
Brown clay-sandy soils in mopane-Combretum woodland. Sinazongwe District; Kaneule Island on Lake Kariba. 1990Zambia1727B3S530

Shrub to 0.5 m, occasional. Stems brownish-green. Flowers yellow. Standard with brown fissures. Calyx green. Fruits green and inflated.

-17.30000027.6000004
81675Crotalaria platysepala20 Mar 1996B Luwiika
B Luwiika 412 RM Polhill B Luwiika K
Kalabo District; In the Lukona local forest; 3.3 km W from Lukona Basic School. 0Zambia1522B4B1140

Shrub; approx. 30 cm tall; stems dark green; leaves dark green on top, light green underneath; flowers yellow.

-15.38333322.8666675
81678Crotalaria podocarpa2 Mar 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 3942 RM Polhill K
At base of Chilamalila Hill in grazed thorn scrub with large boulders and rocky soils. Gwembe District; 19.1 km W of intersection of road to Sinazongwe and Choma-Maamba Road; then S then E 6.2 km on road towards Sialwala Primary School; also Maamba Waterworks. 0Zambia1727A4S450

Frequent; in disturbed soils; calyx light green; standard and wings bright yellow, standard with minute black speckles and lines, keel light green. Pods inflated light green with upper sutures purple-black.

-17.27861127.3816675
76033Plicosepalus kalachariensis31 Oct 2016K van Laeren
RM Polhill By the Chiwuye River which enters the Rukomeche just north of the Research station, Mana Pools National Park590Zimbabwe1629A2N490

Growing on Faidherbia albida

-16.10000029.4000003
83869Tapinanthus oleifolius25 Oct 1993MG Bingham
MG Bingham 9785 RM Polhill K
Sesheke District; Masese. 0Zambia1724B3B1050

On Morus.

-17.33333324.6666675
83870Tapinanthus oleifolius6 Nov 1993DK Harder
DK Harder 1865 RM Polhill K
Along roadside. Thicket vegetation on Kalahari sands.Simonga village, along Nakatindi Road (Livingstone-Sesheke Road), ca. 20 km W of Livingstone. 0Zambia1725D4S0

Parasite on Bauhinia sp. Light green leaves, calyx light green; corolla tube red-purple, speckled whitish further up, outside; tube striped green inside; lobes green; pollen bright yellow on green filaments.

-17.96666725.9166675
83872Tapinanthus oleifolius21 Mar 1996NB Zimba
NB Zimba 805 RM Polhill K
Soil: Kalahari sands.Kalabo District; 0.4 km west of Kama Rural Health Center, 10.7 km from Lukona Secondary School.0Zambia1522B4B930

Parasitic, growing on Ochna pulchra; in Kalahari woodland; leaves dull green; corolla dull red; anthers yellow.

-15.26666722.9166675
83903Tephrosia acaciifolia2 Mar 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 3939 RM Polhill K
Slightly disturbed woodland near recent village. Soil rocky quartz with steep ravine. Gwembe District; ca. 9.1 km NW of Sinazeze and Choma-Maamba intersection on road to Choma, collections from hill miombo vegetation type along deviation in road. 0Zambia1727C4S780

Occasional; to 1 m; leaves and stem light green; calyx light green with dark brown hairs, standard and wings bright orange, standard with brown pubescence; keel white; young pods light green with almost black hairs on margin.

-17.92777827.3441675
83904Tephrosia acaciifolia9 Mar 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 3964 RM Polhill K
Collections in roadside, degraded miombo on micaceous soils.Choma District; ca. 38.2 km N on M11 of intersection Choma-Namwala Road and Choma-Lusaka Roads, ca. 5.6 km S of Ngonga stream. 0Zambia1626B4S1200

Occasional; to 0.3 m tall; calyx light green with brown hairs; dark brown-black hairs along pod sutures.

-16.49111126.9394445
83905Tephrosia acaciifolia3 Mar 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 555 RM Polhill B Luwiika K
Along the Maamba/Sinazongwe RoadChoma District; Collecting along the Maamba/Sinazongwe Road, 11.4 km from the Choma-Lusaka Road. 0Zambia1627C4S1200

Shrub, 1 m, occasional. Stems light green; leaves slender smooth, dark green above, light with white hairs underneath; flowers orange; fruit pods light green with dark brown hairs on edges.

-16.86888927.2727785
83906Tephrosia acaciifolia23 Feb 1997DK Harder
B Luwiika
HH Schmidt
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika HH Schmidt NB Zimba 933 RM Polhill K
Livingstone District; along Livingstone-Lusaka Road, 18.9 km from the main water tank in Livingstone-Boma along Livingstone-Lusaka Road. 0Zambia1723C1S1020

Shrub to 1 m, common in disturbed woodland. Leaves dull green, with sparse woolly hairs on the underside. Flowers scarlet-red. Standard with brown hairs on the outside. Calyx green.

-17.66666723.2000004
83927Tephrosia lupinifolia28 Feb 1996DK Harder
B Luwiika
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika NB Zimba 3632 RM Polhill K
Collections from S side of road in boggy grass plain of white sand at edge, central wet, bog area and surrounding woodland. Kaoma District; ca. 22.4 km W of Kaoma turnoff on Lusaka-Mongu Road. 0Zambia1424D3B1080

Rare; among grasses; prostrate; at edge of pan in white sand; leaves light green; inflorescences of two types: above ground and subterranean; young pods light green to dull purple on above ground inflorescences. Calyx light green to purple; standard and wings red-purple; keel white.

-14.87500024.6583335
83928Tephrosia lupinifolia17 Mar 1996DK Harder
B Luwiika
NB Zimba
DK Harder B Luwiika NB Zimba 780 RM Polhill K
Soil: Kalahari sands.Mongu District; 17 km South-east of Mongu Town, 6 km off the Mongo-Kaoma Road, along old Lusaka Road. 0ZambiaB1110

Trailing herb; on Kalahari sands; rare; stem brown, with grey hairs; leaves dull green; flowers red with green-red bracts, some flowers on the ground white.

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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: Records determined by Roger Polhill.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-determinations-by-person.php?person_id=49, retrieved 18 May 2025

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