Records determined by Kew Staff

Tree to 12 m, occasional in woodland DBH 15 cm. Stems with dark grey bark and short curved thorns. Fruits green, thin and flat.

Shrub 1 m. Stems woody, dark green with white/grey hairs; leaves dark green; flowers yellowish-green, both female and male on one plant.

Flowers

Monocot. Leaves: light grey-green, long slender, spreading from base. Flower stalk +-1m tall; flowers: widely spaced towards top of stalk, ppetals x 6 blue +-8mmx10mm, rounded to slightly tapered tips.

Mono. Tubers below, leaves graas-like from base, variable lengths, fanning out along one plane, tallest central, shorter to the sides, flower stalk +-15cm above leaves, blue flowers, 6 petals, alternating from larger to smaller, yellow anthers central.

K, MHU holotype

K, det; MRSC, det C.Archer as B.schoenoides, 2001.01);

K, det as B.trichobasis (Baker) C.B.Clarke; MRSC.

K, det as B.densa; MRSC, det C.Archer, 2001.01

A pioneer on sand banks. Erect annual; standard white, keel green and yellow.
K, det Mar 06: ‘with unusually narrow leaves’

Erect annual.

Occasional; shrub; to 2.5 m tall; leaves bright green above; silvery-white below; new leaves brown; immature fruits light silver-green with brown-black spots.

Weed of cultivation.

K, det D.Simpson as Cyperus sp

Evergreen tree, 8 meter tall, early flowering specimen.

Determined as Ethulia conyzoides

Determined as Ethulia conyzoides

From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond

From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond

Small tree amongst rocks

Shrub to 1 m, occasional among grasses in disturbed sites. Stems light green with cream hairs. Leaves light green. Flower cream. Bracts green. Rostrum with orange coloration.

common pyrophyte with rosette of long leaves, flowering after fire; capitula dingy white.

Aquatic herb, anchored in mud but floating to the surface. Fruiting bodies swollen, green turning brown. Locally abundant.

A tree growing to 6 m, between rocks. Rare. Bare dark grey, leaves dark green but dull on underside, smooth. Fruits green with small white lenticels, two seeds inside.

From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond. Name in list: Vigna nuda

Runner with small, long trifoliate leaves; flowers lobed, light purple; fruits green, thin, ca. 5 cm long.