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Cola greenwayi Brenan var. greenwayi Cola microcarpa Brenan Small understorey tree or canopy tree 25–30 m tall, bole shallowly fluted; young leaves red, petiole to 55 mm long with a swollen, bent pulvinus just below the lamina, set with brown hairs, leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, to 150 x 70 mm, hairless; in evergreen forest; 1,500–2,200 m. South Africa through Zambia and Malawi to Kenya. Source. White et al. (2001). Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Mill 1979). Zambia. Nyika Plateau, Chowo Forest, 1956, Chapman 294 (White et al. 2001). Dombeya burgessiae Gerrard ex Harv. Dombeya nyasica Exell; Dombeya johnstonii Baker; Dombeya lasiostylis K.Schum. Tumbuka: mnangali Sparsely branched shrub 2–4 m tall, branchlets densely hairy; leaves 3-lobed (rarely 5-lobed), margin coarsely serrate, hairy on both sides; flowers in several-flowered umbels, pink (sometimes white); on margins of montane forest, in forest regrowth, and in riverine vegetation; 800–2,200 m. South Africa to Angola, D.R.C., and Kenya. The bark of young shoots is used to make string. Source. Brummitt (1973); Seyani (1991). Malawi. Nyika National Park, E. foot of Nganda, 1972, Brummitt & Synge 102 (K, MAL, SRGH, FHO). Zambia. Nyika Plateau, without precise locality, 1952, White 2568 (FHO). Dombeya kirkii Mast. Shrub to 2 m or a tree to 15 m tall; leaves unlobed to very shallowly 3lobed, 35–180 x 20–130 mm, apex acuminate, margin variously toothed, sparsely hairy above, more densely below; flowers white, spreading widely at maturity; in low-altitude woodland, often along rivers. South Africa (Limpopo Province) to Ethiopia. In the Flora zambesiaca region this species is confined to hot, low-altitude bush, a vegetation type not associated with the Plateau. Seyani (1991) does not record D. kirkii from central or northern Malawi and this record should be regarded with some caution. Malawi. Nyika National Park, Chisimuka, 2001, without collecting details (Patel & Overton 2002: 33). Dombeya rotundifolia (Hochst.) Planch. Chichewa: naduwa, nchiu, mchiu; Yao: chiwalika Hermannia glanduligera K.Schum. Perennial herb or shrublet to 1 m tall; flowers pink to red; river-banks and open woodland, in hot, drier parts of the region. Like many of McClounie’s collections, this would appear to be mislocated and was probably collected Strychnos lucens Baker Climbing shrub or liane 3–20 m high, branches with paired tendrils; leaves paired, narrowly ovate to elliptic, leathery, shining dark green, 3-veined from the base; flowers in axillary clusters; fruit hard, round, 15–70 mm diameter, yellow/orange when ripe; in riverine forest or on rocky hills in Ficalhoa laurifolia Hiern Chichewa: m’ndopi, ndopa; Tumbuka: mlunganya Large tree 6–45 m tall, bark reddish brown with deep longitudinal fissures; leaves alternate, lanceolate to ovate, margins finely serrated; flowers in loose clusters on twigs below the leaves; in evergreen rainforest, riverine forest, and streamsides; a dominant emergent in the eastern escarpment forests of Nyika; 1,350–1,800 m. Malawi, Zambia, and Angola to Uganda. STERCULIACEAE Excluded species STRYCHNACEAE THEACEAE Tree to 9 m tall, usually deciduous, branches hairless; leaves roundish to ovate, more or less unlobed, base cordate, apex round, margin irregularly toothed, upper surface scabrid (sandpapery), lower surface finely hairy; flowers white, aging to brown; in various types of woodland. Widespread in southern and eastern Africa, from South Africa to Ethiopia. Seyani (1991) does not record this species from northern Malawi and this record should perhaps be regarded with some suspicion. Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Mill 1979). Dombeya torrida (J.F.Gmel.) Bamps subsp. erythroleuca (K.Schum.) Seyani Tree 7–20 m; leaves ovate, not lobed, narrowing gradually to a short point, margin finely serrate, upper surface somewhat scabrid, lower surface sparsely hairy; flowers white or pink, red-veined; in gaps or on margins of evergreen forests; 1,850–2,450 m. Zambia (Nyika Plateau), Malawi, and Tanzania. Source. Flora zambesiaca 1(2): 525 (1961); Brummitt (1972); Seyani (1991). Malawi. Nyika Plateau, without precise locality, 1953, Chapman 116 (BR, FHO, K); 3 km E. of Nganda, 1972, Brummitt & Synge 88 (K, MAL, SRGH). Zambia. Nyika Plateau, 3 km N. of Rest House, 1955, Lees 97 (K). Hermannia tigreensis Hochst. ex A.Rich. Branching annual herb to 300 mm tall, hairy throughout; leaves to 40 x 15 mm, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, thinly hairy on both sides; flowers single in leaf axils, petals yellow, 3–5 mm long; capsule 3–4 mm long, ovoidtruncate; in soil pockets in rocky outcrops and in riverine fringes. Zimbabwe to W. Africa and Ethiopia. Source. Flora zambesiaca 1(2): 546 (1961). Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Patel 1999). Melochia corchorifolia L. Tonga: chibwathiko, chikondavu Erect annual herb to ca 2 m tall; leaves up to 70 x 45 mm, thinly hairy, at least on the veins below; flowers numerous, in dense terminal clusters, petals ca 8 mm long, white with yellow at the inner base; fruit a 5-valved capsule ca 5 mm diameter; usually a weed of cultivation. Circumtropical. Leaves eaten as a spinach and also used for smoking. Source. Flora zambesiaca 1(2): 535 (1961). Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Mwenembwe, 1903, McClounie 135 (K). near Lake Malawi. Source. Flora zambesiaca 1(2): 545 (1961). Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Mwenembwe, 1903, McClounie 73 (K). moist woodlands; 0–1,700 m. Zimbabwe to Angola, D.R.C., and E. Africa. Source. Flora zambesiaca 7(1): 363 (1983); White et al. (2001: 343). Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Chisanga Falls, 1959, Robinson 3094 (BR, K, M, PRE, SRGH). Source. White et al. (2001). Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Chisanga Falls (White et al. 2001); eastern escarpment forests (Dowsett-Lemaire 1985). Ternstroemia polypetala Melchior Tree 8–12 m tall (in E. Africa) with a flattish crown; leaves borne in upright clusters; a canopy tree in mist forest and upland rainforest; in Plants of the Nyika Plateau 275 STERCULIACEAE
THYMELAEACEAE Nyamkhowa Forest of Nyika it is a 30 m tall emergent; 1,800–2,300 m. Northern Malawi (Nyika and Viphya), southern Tanzania (Ulugurus), and Cameroon. Dais cotinifolia L. pompon tree Small to medium deciduous tree 3–10 m tall, bark grey, smoothish; leaves opposite, simple, elliptic, glabrous; flowers in terminal compact clusters, pink, showy; seeds developing in the bases of the old flowers; in or on margins of montane forest; 1,200–2,400 m. South Africa to Tanzania. A fine ornamental tree. Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Mill 1979); near Nganda, 2,400 m, Dowsett-Lemaire 308 (White et al. 2001: 566). Gnidia chrysantha (Solms-Laub.) Gilg Gnidia flavus Rendle Shrubby suffrutex 200–750 mm tall, with numerous sparsely-branched stems, petiole 0.5–1 mm long; leaves alternate, linear to oblanceolate, midrib prominent below, hairless; flowers in a terminal head of 30–50 flowers, flowering parts in 4s, calyx lobes brilliant yellow to red, petals absent; in seasonally wet grassland, montane grassland or wooded grassland; 400– 2,100 m. Zimbabwe and Mozambique to Guinea, Sudan, and Ethiopia. Source. Brummitt (1973); F.T.E.A. Thymelaeaceae: 26 (1978). Malawi. Nyika National Park, half way from Nganda to Kawozya, 1972, Brummitt & Synge 167 (K). Gnidia fastigiata Rendle Shrublet to 400 mm tall; leaves alternate, sessile, linear-lanceolate, hairy; flowers 1–4 in leaf axils, pale blue, whitish or yellow, flowering parts in 4s, petals (6–)8, linear; in montane grassland on rocky hillsides, 1,000–3,000 m. Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. Source. Brummitt (1973); F.T.E.A. Thymelaeaceae: 21 (1978). Malawi. Nyika National Park, head of Mondwe Valley, 1972, Brummitt & Synge 247 (K). Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg Lasiosiphon glaucus Fresen. Large shrub or small tree to 15 m, with a spreading crown; leaves alternate or subopposite, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 30–60 x 6–20 mm, glaucousgreen, finely hairy near base, otherwise hairless; flowers in dense terminal heads, orange to golden yellow; frequent on margins of montane forest and in wooded montane grassland; 1,500–3,300 m. Malawi and Zambia northwards to Nigeria and Ethiopia. The largest member of the genus. Source. Brummitt (1973); F.T.E.A. Thymelaeaceae: 32 (1978). Malawi. Nyika National Park, N.W. foot of Nganda, 2,350 m, 1972, Brummitt & Synge 6 (K, MAL, FHO, BR, UPS, P); Juniper Forest, 1946, Brass 17181 (FHO); 1982, Chapman 6314 (FHO); without locality, 7,000’, 1953, Chapman 118 (FHO). Gnidia goetzeana Gilg Erect shrublet to 1.5 m tall, normally single-stemmed from a taproot, branches with hairless red or brown bark; leaves subsessile, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate-linear, glaucous-green, hairless; flowers in terminal or axillary heads of 30–80 flowers, whitish or yellow, flowering parts in 4s, petals filiform; in miombo woodland or wooded grassland; 800–1,800 m. Malawi, Zambia, D.R.C., Burundi, and Tanzania. Source. F.T.E.A. Thymelaeaceae: 23 (1978). Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Patel Grewia mildbraedii Burret Grewia sp. of Chapman & White (1970) Tree to 20 m tall, buttressed low-down, bark reddish, vertically-fissured; leaves alternate, oblong-elliptic, weakly 3-veined from the base; inflorescence axillary, much-branched, flowers small, greenish; fruit simple, unlobed, 276 Plants of the Nyika Plateau THYMELAEACEAE Source. Dowsett-Lemaire & White (1990); White et al. (2001). Malawi. Nyika Plateau, Nyamkhowa Forest, Dowsett-Lemaire 526 (FHO); Kasaramba, 1953, Chapman 125 (FHO). 1999). TILIACEAE Gnidia involucrata Steud. ex A.Rich. Gnidia buchananii Gilg Shrublet to 1 m tall with numerous stems from a woody rootstock, stems glabrous, green to reddish, leaves subsessile, linear to elliptic, glaucous, sometimes reddish, hairless; flowers terminal or axillary, in heads of 15–25 flowers, flowering parts in 4s, petals obovate or spathulate; pyrophyte in open or wooded grassland or woodland; 1,000–2,700 m. Zimbabwe to Angola, Nigeria, Sudan, and Ethiopia. Source. Brummitt (1973). Malawi. Nyika National Park, plateau above upper Mondwe Valley, 1972, Synge 395 (K, MAL, SRGH, PRE). Gnidia kraussiana Meisn. Lasiosiphon kraussianus (Meisn.) Burtt Davy; Lasiosiphon kraussianus (Meisn.) Burtt Davy var. villosus Burtt Davy Perennial herbaceous suffrutex to 0.6 m tall, usually less, branches hairless or densely hairy; leaves petiolate (1–2 mm), narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, glaucous-green, hairy or silky, more or less mucronate; flowers in dense capitate terminal heads of 18–50 flowers, orange to yellow, flowering parts mostly in 5s, petals oblong to ovate; a pyrophyte in montane grassland, or in Brachystegia or Uapaca woodland; 1,300–2,700 m. South Africa to Kenya, Sudan, Nigeria, and Guinea. Source. F.T.E.A. Thymelaeaceae: 29 (1978). Malawi. Nyika National Park, plateau above upper Mondwe Valley, 1972, Synge 393 (K, MAL, SRGH, UPS, BR). No country given. 1955, Lees 46 (UZL). Peddiea africana Harvey Peddiea fischeri Engl. Chichewa: mkakauku; Yao: nakasabola Small tree to 5 m tall; bark, when stripped, producing a strong ‘string’; leaves alternate, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, hairless, upper surface glossy, margins entire, rather wavy, apex pointed; flowers in loose clusters ca 10 flowers, on stalks 5–20 mm long, yellowish green, green or reddish, tubular; fruit a shiny blackish fleshy berry 6–10 mm long; in understorey of evergreen forest and riverine forest; 1,000–2,200 m. South Africa northwards to Ethiopia; also in the W. African highlands from Guinea to Cameroon. Source. F.T.E.A. Thymelaeaceae: 12 (1978). Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Mill 1979). Synaptolepis alternifolia Oliv. Chichewa: chiwombwi; Yao: luchimbili Shrub or woody climber to 10 m high, bark reddish brown, lenticellate; leaves opposite (sometimes alternate), simple, ovate to elliptic, 15–45 x 10–25 mm, glabrous; flowers in few-flowered terminal groups, white, pale yellow or cream, tube 12–18 mm long; in riverine vegetation, miombo woodland, and wooded grassland; 50–1,100 m. Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, and Tanzania. Source. F.T.E.A. Thymelaeaceae: 6 (1978). Malawi. Nyika National Park, without locality or collecting details (Mill 1979). pear-shaped; in mid-altitude rainforest; 1,650–2,000 m. Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, D.R.C. Known only from Nyika and Viphya in Malawi. Source. Dowsett-Lemaire (1985: 359); White et al. (2001: 570) Malawi. Nyika Plateau, foot of Mwenembwe (Chapman & White 1970, Dowsett-Lemaire 1985).
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Page 7 and 8: SIMAROUBACEAE Selago thyrsoidea Bak
Page 9: 20 mm 20 mm Ficalhoa laurifolia Del
Page 13 and 14: Celtis africana Del. Sandie Burrows
Page 15 and 16: URTICACEAE Boehmeria macrophylla Ho
Page 17 and 18: Lippia plicata Valeriana capensis D
Page 19 and 20: 20 mm Cayratia gracilis Del. Sandie
Page 21 and 22: Cyphostemma vandenbrandeanum Del. S
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Page 25 and 26: ASPHODELACEAE Asparagus asparagoide
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Page 29 and 30: COLCHICACEAE Gloriosa superba L. G
Page 31 and 32: Ascolepis capensis Del. Sandie Burr
Page 33 and 34: CYPERACEAE Malawi. Nyika National P

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