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Table 2 continued.
Species Local name Plant
growth
Habitat Distribution Data
source
form
VERBENACEAE
Vitex ferruginea Schumach.& Thonn. Mpuya T F W c
Vitex ferruginea ssp. ferruginea (var.
- T F W c
amboniensis) Schumach.& Thonn.
Vitex bunguensis Mpuya -
Vitex zanzibarensis Vatke Mpuya S F,B,T K7,T3,6,8 c
VIOLACEAE -
Rinorea angustifolia (Thou.) Baill. Mnyakaegele T F W c
Rinorea ilicifolia (Oliv.) Kuntze Mjamwofu T,S F W c
Unknown sp. - - - - -
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS IN BOTANICAL TABLE 1
NEW RECORDS
^ Species not previously recorded in Coastal Forests (those not in Clarke, Vollesen & Mwasumbi (2000) or Clarke
(1995)).
PLANT GROWTH FORM
T – tree, S – shrub, C – Climber, H – Herb.
HABITAT (after Clarke, Vollesen & Mwasumbi (2000)).
F – Forest, FE – Forest Edge, RF – Riverine Forest, W – Woodland, BW – Brachystegia Woodland, B – Bushland, T –
Thicket, G – Grassland, WG - Wooded Grassland, S – Swamp, Wa -Wasteland/Cultivation, Ro – Rocks .
DISTRIBUTION (after Clarke, Vollesen & Mwasumbi (2000) and Clarke (1995) – as in FTEA and FZ).
Som – Somalia, K -Kenya, T – Tanzania, Z – Zanzibar Island, P – Pemba Island, Maf – Mafia Island, Moz
– Mozambique, MN – Mozambique, Niassa Province, MZ – Mozambique, Zambesia Province, MMS –
Mozambique, Sul do Save/Gaza-Inhambane Province, MLM – Mozambique, Lourenco Marques/Maputo
Province, MT – Mozambique, Tete Province, Mal – Malawi, S.Mal – Southern Malawi, Zim – Zimbabwe,
E.Zim – Eastern Zimbabwe, S.Zim – Southern Zimbabwe, Z-I Near Endemic – Zanzibar-Inhambane
Regional Mosaic Near Endemic.
DATA SOURCE
a – Flora of Tropical East Africa (FTEA) (Turril & Milne-Redhead et al. 1952-), b - Clarke, Vollesen & Mwasumbi
(2000), c – Clarke (1995), d – List of East African Plants (LEAP) (Knox 2000), e – Flora Zambesica (FZ) (Exell &
Wild et al. 1960-).
The most abundant tree or shrub species recorded in vegetation plots were Cassia siamea (6.37%
of all trees recorded), Grewia conocarpa (5.48% of all trees recorded), Rinorea angustifolia
(4.71% of all trees recorded), Albizia petersiana (4.59% of all trees recorded), Bequartiodendron
magalismontanum (4.46% of all trees recorded) and Manilkara sansibarensis (4.46% of all trees
recorded) 1 . All other 105 species accounted for