PHOTOS of FLOWERS and PLANTS from BAS-CONGO (D.R. Congo - Africa)

by Luc Pauwels, Paul Latham, Frieda Billiet, Paul Bamps, Konda ku Mbuta, Frank Cuypers and Jean Lejoly

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Plantes utiles du Bas-Congo

République Démocratique du Congo

Paul Latham and Augustin Konda ku Mbuta

Edition 2, 2007, 344 pages, colour photos

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Mystole Publications and Salvation Army HQ, Kinshasa

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Les chenilles comestibles

et leurs plantes nourricières

dans la province du Bas-Congo

Paul Latham

Edition 2, 2008, 44 pages, colour photos

HOME - Series 1 - TOP - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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Abrus precatorius L. – FABACEAE - seeds

Abrus fruticulosus Wall. ex Wright & Arn. - FABACEAE

Acacia mangium Willd. - MIMOSACEAE

Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg. ‘Marginata’ - EUPHORBIACEAE

Adenanthera pavonina L. - MIMOSACEAE - leaves, pods - red beadtree, red sandalwood

Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. - ADIANTACEAE (Filices)

Aframomum angustifolium (Sonnerat) K.Schum. - ZINGIBERACEAE - leaves, fruits

Agave angustifolia Haw. ‘Marginata’ - AGAVACEAE

Ageratum conyzoides L. - ASTERACEAE

Aglaonema commutatum Schott ‘Pseudobracteatum’ - ARACEAE

Aidia micrantha (K.Schum.) F.White - RUBIACEAE

Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. - EUPHORBIACEAE - flowers, fruits - candle-nut, varnish tree

Allamanda blanchetii A.DC. - APOCYNACEAE - purple Allamanda

Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott - ARACEAE - photo 1, photo 2 - elephant’s ear

Alvesia rosmarinifoliaWelw. - LAMIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Anisopappus chinensis (L.) Hook. & Arn. - ASTERACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Annona senegalensis Pers. subsp. oulotricha Le Thomas - ANNONACEAE - flowers, fruit

Anthephora cristata (Döll) Hack. ex De Wild. & T.Durand - POACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Antherotoma phaeotricha (Hochst.) Jacq.-Fél. - MELASTOMATACEAE

Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth) Baker - LILIACEAE - habit, flowers

Aspilia ciliaris (Schumach.) Wild - ASTERACEAE

Aspilia kotschyi (Sch.Bip.) Oliv. - ASTERACEAE

Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson - ACANTHACEAE

Ataenidia conferta (Benth.) Milne-Redh. - MARANTACEAE

Attalea cf. cohune Mart. - ARECACEAE - in Kisantu garden - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

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Baphia dewevrei De Wild. - FABACEAE - flowers, unripe pods

Barleria lupulina Lindl. - ACANTHACEAE

Biophytum helenae Buscal. & Muschl. - OXALIDACEAE

Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herb. - AMARYLLIDACEAE - photo1, photo 2

Borassus aethiopum Mart. - ARECACEAE - male inflorescence - African Palmyra palm

Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. var. leopoldi (Kraenz.) Geerinck - ORCHIDACEAE - flowers, in vegetation

Brillantaisia owariensis P.Beauv. - ACANTHACEAE - leaves, flowers

Brunfelsia pauciflora (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth. - SOLANACEAE - yesterday-today-and-tomorrow

Buchnera quangensis Engl. - SCROPHULARIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

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Caladium bicolor (Ait.) Vent. - ARACEAE

Calathea louisae Gagnep. - MARANTACEAE

Calathea zebrina (Sims) Lindl. - MARANTACEAE

Calliandra calothyrsus Meisn. - MIMOSACEAE - flowers

Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don - MYRTACEAE - weeping bottlebrush

Caloncoba glauca (P.Beauv.) Gilg - FLACOURTIACEAE - flower, fruit

Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. - FABACEAE

Camellia sinensis (L.) O.Kuntze - THEACEAE - tea

Camoensia scandens (Welw.) J.B.Gillett - FABACEAE

Cardiospermum halicacabum L. - SAPINDACEAE

Carica papaya L. - CARICACEAE

Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav. - CYCLANTHACEAE - Panama-hat palm

Cecropia leucocoma Miq. - CECROPIACEAE

Celosia trigyna L. - AMARANTHACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. - APIACEAE

Chrysophyllum cainito L. - SAPOTACEAE - star apple

Chrysothemis pulchella (Donn ex Schinz) Decne. - GESNERIACEAE

Clematis hirsuta Guill. & Perr. var. glabrescens A.Chev. - RANUNCULACEAE

Cleome rutidosperma DC. - CAPPARIDACEAE

Clerodendrum thomsoniae Balf. - VERBENACEAE - bleeding heart vine

Clerodendrum volubile P.Beauv. - VERBENACEAE

Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Juss. - EUPHORBIACEAE - croton

Cola lateritia K.Schum. - STERCULIACEAE

Congea velutina Wight - VERBENACEAE

Costus speciosus (J.König) Sm. ‘Variegatus’ - COSTACEAE - habit, flowers

Crassocephalum rubens (Jacq.) S.Moore - ASTERACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Crossandra infundibuliformis Nees - ACANTHACEAE

Crossopteryx febrifuga (Afzel. ex G.Don) Benth. - RUBIACEAE

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. - POACEAE

Cyperus angolensis Boeck. - CYPERACEAE

Cyrtostachys renda Blume - ARECACEAE - lipstick palm

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Dichorisandra thyrsiflora J.C.Mikan - COMMELINACEAE - blue ginger

Diospyros heterotricha (B.L.Burtt) F.White - EBENACEAE

Disa welwitschii Rchb.f. - var. occultans (Schltr.) Linder - ORCHIDACEAE

Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl - AGAVACEAE - habit, fruits

Dypsis lutescens (H.Wendl.) Beentje & J.Dransf. - ARECACEAE - cluster

Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.- ASCLEPIADACEAE

Emilia coccinea (Sims) G.Don - ASTERACEAE

Emilia longiramea (S.Moore) C.Jeffrey – ASTERACEAE

Erythrococca atrovirens (Pax) Prain var. flaccida (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Eulophia angolensis (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - ORCHIDACEAE

Eulophia caricifolia (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - ORCHIDACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Euphorbia cotinifolia L. - EUPHORBIACEAE - red spurge

Euphorbia hyssopifolia L. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Euphorbia tirucalli L. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Fadogia cienkowskii Schweinf. - RUBIACEAE

Ficus benghalensis L. - MORACEAE - banyan

Ficus pumila L. - MORACEAE

Furcraea selloa K.Koch var. marginata - AGAVACEAE - false sisal

Geophila repens (L.) I.M.Johnst. - RUBIACEAE

Gerbera jamesonii Bolus - ASTERACEAE

Gilbertiodendron dewevrei (De Wild .) J.Léonard - CAESALPINIACEAE - limbali

Gisekia pharnaceoides L. - AIZOACEAE

Gladiolus gregarius Welw. ex Baker - IRIDACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Gloriosa simplex L. - LILIACEAE

Glossostelma lisianthoides (Decne.) Bullock - ASCLEPIADACEAE

Glycine max (L.) Merr. - FABACEAE - pods - soya, soja

Gomphrena celosioides Mart. - AMARANTHACEAE

Grangea maderaspatna (L.) Poir. - ASTERACEAE

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Habenaria macrura Kraenzl.- ORCHIDACEAE

Hamelia patens Jacq. - RUBIACEAE - firebush

Heisteria parvifolia Sm. - OLACACEAE - fruit 1, fruit 2

Helichrysum mechovianum Klatt - ASTERACEAE - leaves, flowers 1, flowers 2

Heliconia psittacorum Lindl. - HELICONIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex Juss.) Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Hibiscus mechovii Garcke - MALVACEAE

Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raenschel - POACEAE

Inga edulis Mart. - MIMOSACEAE - flowers, leave + fruit, leaves + fruits, seeds - ice-cream bean

Ixora brachypoda DC. - RUBIACEAE

Ixora coccinea L. - RUBIACEAE

Jasminum sambac (L.) Ait. - OLEACEAE - Arabian jasmine

Justicia brandegeana Wassh. & L.B.Sm. - ACANTHACEAE - shrimp plant

Justicia carnea Lindl. - ACANTHACEAE - Brazilian plume flower

Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers. - CRASSULACEAE - leaves

Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A.Juss. - MELIACEAE - African mahogany

Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. - BIGNONIACEAE - flowers, fruits - sausage tree

Kyllinga erecta Schumach. - CYPERACEAE

Lagerstroemia indica L. - LYTHRACEAE

Landolphia lanceolata (K.Schum.) Pichon - APOCYNACEAE - leaves, flowers, fruit

Leea guineensis G.Don - LEEACEAE - flowers, fruits

Leocus africanus (Scott Elliot) J.K.Morton - LAMIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R.Br. - LAMIACEAE - flowers, seeds head - lion’s ear

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit - MIMOSACEAE - flowers, pods

Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau - BUTOMACEAE or LIMNOCHARITACEAE - yellow velvetleaf

Lindackeria dentata (Oliv.) Gilg - FLACOURTIACEAE

Ludwigia leptocarpa (Nutt.) Hara - ONAGRACEAE - habit, flowers

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Maesobotrya staudtii (Pax) Hutch. - EUPHORBIACEAE - male flowers, fruits

Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. - MALVACEAE

Maprounea africana Müll..Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE - fruits

Mariscus cylindristachyus Steud. - CYPERACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake - MYRTACEAE - stem, flowers

Melinis amethystea (Franch.) Zizka - POACEAE

Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hallier f. - CONVOLVULACEAE - habit, flowers

Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle - CONVOLVULACEAE - leaves, tuber - wood rose

Momordica foetida Schumach. - CUCURBITACEAE

Moringa oleifera Lam. - MORINGACEAE - flowers

Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan - COMMELINACEAE

Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack - RUTACEAE - orange jessamine

Mussaenda erythrophyllla Schumach.. & Thonn. - RUBIACEAE

Mussaenda philippica ‘Queen Sirikit’ - RUBIACEAE

Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott - NEPHROLEPIDACEAE (Filices)

Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) Presl. ‘Duffii’ - NEPHROLEPIDACEAE (Filices)

Nicotiana tabacum L. - SOLANACEAE

Nymphoides forbesiana (Griseb.) O.Kuntze - MENYANTHACEAE

Pandanus sanderi Mast. - PANDANACEAE

Pararistolochia triactina (Hook.f.) Hutch. & Dalziel - ARISTOLOCHIACEAE - leave, closed flowers, open flower, fruit

Parinari capensis Harv. - CHRYSOBALANACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Paropsia brazzeana Baill. - PASSIFLORACEAE

Pericopsis elata (Harms) Meeuwen - FABACEAE - afrormosia - in Kisantu arboretum

Persicaria senegalensis (Meisn.) Soják - POLYGONACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Philodendron ‘Congo’ - ARACEAE

Physalis angulata L. - SOLANAVEAE - cutleaf groundcherry

Pilea microphylla Sw. - URTICACEAE - artillery plant

Piper umbellatum L. - PIPERACEAE - habit, inflorescence

Platycoryne guingangae (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - ORCHIDACEAE

Pleiotaxis pulcherrima Steetz - ASTERACEAE

Polygala acicularis Oliv. - POLYGALACEAE - photo 2

Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn - HYPOLEPIDACEAE (Filices)

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Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton - CYPERACEAE

Ruellia brittoniana Leonard - ACANTHACEAE - photo 1, photo 2 - Mexican petunia; Mbaki’s nursery, Kinshasa

Salvia splendens Ker Gawl. - LAMIACEAE

Schefflera arboricola (Hayata) Merr. - ARA?IACEAE

Sclerosperma mannii H.Wendl. - ARECACEAE - fruits 1, fruits 2

Senna didymobotrya (Fresen) Irwin & Barneby - CAESALPINIACEAE

Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby - CAESALPINIACEAE

Sherbournia curvipes (Wernham) N.Hallé - RUBIACEAE

Sida cordifolia L. - MALVACEAE

Smilax anceps Willd. - SMILACACEAE - sarsaparilla

Solanum nigrum L. - SOLANACEAE

Solanum wrightii Benth. - SOLANACEAE - potato tree

Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) Codd, cultivar - LAMIACEAE - coleus

Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel - ARACEAE

Spermacoce pusilla Wall. - RUBIACEAE

Spilanthes costata Benth. - ASTERACEAE

Stipularia africana P.Beauv. - RUBIACEAE - flowers, fruits

Strobilanthes dyerianus Mast. - ACANTHACEAE - Persian shield

Syngonium podophyllum Schott - ARACEAE

Synsepalum stipulatum (Radlk.) Engl. - SAPOTACEAE - flowers + fruits, fruits 2 - miracle fruit, miracle berry

Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry - MYRTACEAE - flowers, fruits - mountain apple, Malay apple

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Tabernaemontana inconspicua Stapf - APOCYNACEAE

Tabernanthe iboga Baill. - APOCYNACEAE

Tacca chantrieri André - TACCACEAE - bat flower

Tamarindus indica L. - CAESALPINIACEAE

Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum. - APOCYNACEAE - flowers, fruits

Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltd.) Kuntze - SCROPHULARIACEAE

Tripsacum andersonii J.R.Gray - POACEAE - Guatemala grass

Tristemma leiocalyx Cogn. - MELASTOMATACEAE - flower, fruit

Turnera ulmifolia L. - TURNERACEAE

Uapaca guineensis Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC. - FABACEAE

Vernonia perrottetii Sch. Bip. - ASTERACEAE

Vitex doniana Sweet - VERBENACEAE

Wahlenbergia collomioides (A.DC.) Thulin - CAMPANULACEAE

Zephyranthes candida (Lindl.) Herb. - AMARYLLIDACEAE

Zingiber officinalis Roscoe - ZINGIBERACEAE - plant, tuber - ginger

Zinnia elegans Jacq. - ASTERACEAE

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