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,
Anthony Kikufi, Clément Delaude, Susan McGregor and Jean Lejoly
We are grateful to Paul Bamps, Olivier
Lachenaud and Dominique Champluvier for identifying some difficult images of
plants
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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 . Mystole
Publications and Salvation Army HQ, Kinshasa Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo Paul
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Abrus canescens Welw. ex Baker - FABACEAE - habit, flowers
Abrus fruticulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn. - FABACEAE
Abrus precatorius L. - FABACEAE - seeds
Acacia auriculiformis A.Cunn. ex Benth. - MIMOSACEAE - flowers, pods
Acacia mangium Willd. - MIMOSACEAE
Acalypha hispaniolae Urb. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg. ‘Marginata’ - EUPHORBIACEAE
Achyranthes aspera L.- AMARANTHACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass. - ASTERACEAE
Adenanthera pavonina L. - MIMOSACEAE - leaves, pods - red beadtree,
red sandalwood
Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. -
ADIANTACEAE (Filices)
Adonidia merrillii Becc. - ARECACEAE - Christmas palm
Aframomum angustifolium (Sonnerat) K.Schum. - ZINGIBERACEAE
- leaves, fruits
Agathisanthemum globosum (A.Rich.) Bremek. - RUBIACEAE
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
Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K.Schum. - ZINGIBERACEAE
Alpinia vittata W.Bull. - ZINGIBERACEAE - variegated ginger
Alternanthera tenella
Colla var. bettzickiana (Regel) Veldkamp -
AMARANTHACEAE
Alvesia rosmarinifoliaWelw. - LAMIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. variegatus (Lowe) Moldenke - BROMELIACEAE
Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl. - ARACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Aneilema beniniense (P.Beauv.) Kunth - COMMELINACEAE
Aneilema umbrosum (Vahl) Kunth - COMMELINACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Angelonia angustifolia Bent. ‘Serena Lavender Pink’ - SCROPHULARIACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2 - summer snapdragon
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
Aphanocalyx obscurus Wieringa - CAESALPINIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Aphelandra sinclairiana Nees - ACANTHACEAE
Arachnis moschifera Blume - ORCHIDACEAE - in Kisantu
garden
Araucaria heterophylla (Salis.) Franco - ARAUCARIACEAE - tree, branch - Norfolk island pine
Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr. - ARECACEAE - stem covered with black
fibers, infrutescences
- sugar palm
Argemone mexicana L. - PAPAVERACEAE - pricky poppy
Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth) Baker - LILIACEAE - habit, flowers
Aspilia ciliata (Schumach.) Wild - ASTERACEAE
Aspilia kotschyi (Sch.Bip.) Oliv. - ASTERACEAE
Aster novae-angliae L. - ASTERACEAE
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson subsp. micrantha (Nees) Ensermu - ACANTHACEAE
Ataenidia conferta (Benth.) Milne-Redh. - MARANTACEAE
Attalea cf. cohune Mart. - ARECACEAE - in Kisantu garden - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
Baissea axillaris (Benth.) Hua - APOCYNACEAE
Bambusa vulgaris
Schrad. ex
J.C.Wendl ‘Striata’ -
POACEAE - painted bamboo.
Baphia dewevrei De Wild. - FABACEAE - flowers, unripe pods
Barleria cristata
L. - ACANTHACEAE - Philippine violet
Barleria lupulina Lindl. - ACANTHACEAE
Biophytum helenae Buscal. & Muschl. - OXALIDACEAE
Boophone
disticha (L.f.) Herb. -
AMARYLLIDACEAE - photo1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5
Borassus aethiopum Mart. - ARECACEAE - male inflorescence - African
Palmyra palm
Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. var. leopoldi (Kraenz.) Geerinck - ORCHIDACEAE - flowers, in vegetation
Brassica carinata A. Braun - BRASSICACEAE - leaves, flowers
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
Bulbostylis filamentosa (Vahl) C.B.Clarke - CYPERACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
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Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston - CAESALPINIACEAE - flowers, flowers + pods - cat’s claw
Caladium bicolor (Ait.) Vent. - ARACEAE - photo 2
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 - flower - tea
Camoensia scandens (Welw.) J.B.Gillett - FABACEAE
Cardiospermum
halicacabum L.
- SAPINDACEAE
Carica papaya L. - CARICACEAE
Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav. -
CYCLANTHACEAE - leaves, flowers - Panama-hat palm
Cassia fistula L. - CAESALPINIACEAE - tree, flowers, fruit - golden shower
Cassia javanica L. - CAESALPINIACEAE - tree, flowers - pink shower
Cecropia leucocoma Miq. - CECROPIACEAE
Celosia trigyna L. - AMARANTHACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Centella asiatica
(L.) Urb. -
APIACEAE - Indian pennywort
Cercestis congensis Engl. - ARACEAE
Cereus uruguayanus Kiesling - CACTACEAE - habit, flower bud
Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene - CAESALPINIACEAE - photo 2
Chrysophyllum cainito L. - SAPOTACEAE - star apple
Chrysothemis pulchella (Donn ex Schinz) Decne. - GESNERIACEAE
Cissus guerkeana (Büttner) T.Durand & Schinz - VITACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Cissus quadrangularis L. - VITACEAE
Clappertonia polyandra (K.Schum.) Becherer - TILIACEAE - habit , flowers, fruits
Clematis hirsuta Guill. & Perr. var. glabrescens A.Chev. – RANUNCULACEAE
Cleome afrospinosa Iltis - CAPPARIDACEAE
Cleome rutidosperma DC. - CAPPARIDACEAE
Clerodendrum thomsoniae Balf. - VERBENACEAE - bleeding heart vine
Clerodendrum volubile P.Beauv. - VERBENACEAE
Cnidoscolus chayamansa McVaugh - EUPHORBIACEAE - bush, leaf, male flowers, female flowers - chaya, spinach tree
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Juss. - EUPHORBIACEAE - croton
Cola lateritia K.Schum. - STERCULIACEAE
Coleotrype laurentii K.Schum.- COMMELINACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Combretum bracteatum (Laws.) Engl. & Diels -
COMBRETACEAE - flowers
1, flowers 2
Commelina capitata Benth. - COMMELINACEAE
Congea velutina Wight - VERBENACEAE
Cordia sebestena L. - BORAGINACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3 - geiger tree
Costus productus Gleason ex Maas - COSTACEAE
Costus speciosus (J.König) Sm. ‘Variegatus’ - COSTACEAE - habit, flowers
Crassocephalum rubens (Jacq.) S.Moore - ASTERACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Crinum natans Baker - AMARYLLIDACEAE
Crinum X powellii L.H.Bailey ‘Album’ - AMARYLLIDACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Crinum zeylanicum (L.) L. - AMARYLIDACEAE
Crossandra
infundibuliformis
Nees - ACANTHACEAE
Crossopteryx febrifuga (Afzel. ex G.Don) Benth. -
RUBIACEAE - flowers,
fruits
Crotalaria pallida Ait. var. obovata (G.Don) Polhill - FABACEAE - habit, flowers, pods
Ctenium newtonii Hack. - POACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Cuphea hyssopifolia HBK - LYTHRACEAE - with green leaves, with purple tinged
leaves
Cuphea ignea A.DC. - LYTHRACEAE
Cuphea micropetala Kunth - LYTHRACEAE
Cupressus lusitanica Mill. - CUPRESSACEAE - tree, cones
Cyanotis longifolia Benth. - COMMELINACEAE - in vegetation, flowers 1, flowers 2
Cycnium adonense E.Mey. ex Benth. subsp. camporum (Engl.) O.Hanssen -
SCROPHULARIACEAE - flowers, flower 2
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. - POACEAE
Cyperus angolensis Boeck. - CYPERACEAE
Cyperus papyrus L. - CYPERACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
Cyperus sphacelatus Rottb. - CYPERACEAE
Cyrtostachys renda Blume - ARECACEAE - lipstick palm
Delonix
regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf . - CAESALPINIACEAE - photo 3 - flamboyant
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC. - FABACEAE
Dichaetanthera africana (Hook.f.) Jacq.-Fél. -
MELASTOMATACEAE - flowering
tree, flowers
Dichapetalum lujae De Wild. & T.Durand -
DICHAPETALACEAE - photo
2
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora J.C.Mikan - COMMELINACEAE - blue ginger
Dicliptera verticillata (Forssk.) C.Chr. - ACANTHACEAE
Dictyosperma album (Bory) H.L.Wendl. & Drude ex
Scheff. - ARECACEAE - photo 1, photo 2 - hurricane palm, princess palm
Dillenia indica L. - DILLENIACEAE - fruit 1, fruit 2
Diodia sarmentosa Sw. - RUBIACEAE - habit, flowers
Diospyros heterotricha
(B.L.Burtt) F.White
- EBENACEAE
Disa welwitschii Rchb.f. var. occultans (Schltr.) Linder - ORCHIDACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Dissotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Triana - MELASTOMATACEAE - with green leaves, with variegated leaves
Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl - AGAVACEAE - habit, fruits
Drimia altissima (L.f.) Ker Gawl - LILIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Dypsis lutescens (H.Wendl.) Beentje & J.Dransf.
- ARECACEAE - cluster,
photo 3
Dypsis madagascariensis Nicholson - ARECACEAE - photo1, inflorescence - on
30 Juin boulevard
Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase - POACEAE
- habit, flowers
Echinochloa stagnina (Retz.) P.Beauv. - POACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.- ASCLEPIADACEAE
Emilia coccinea (Sims) G.Don - ASTERACEAE
Emilia longiramea (S.Moore) C.Jeffrey - ASTERACEAE
Epipremnum aureum (Linden & André)
G.S.Bunting - ARACEAE - golden pothos
Eranthemum nervosum (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
- ACANTHACEAE - flowers
1, flowers 2
Erlangea misera (O. & H.) S.Moore - ASTERACEAE - habit, flowers
Erythrina crista-galli L. - FABACEAE
Erythrococca atrovirens (Pax) Prain var. flaccida (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Erythrophleum africanum (Welw. ex Benth.) Harms -
CAESALPINIACEAE - tree,
bark, leaves
Erythroxylum coca Lam. - ERYTHROXYLACEAE
Eucalyptus citriodora Hook. - MYRTACEAE
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
Evolvulus glomeratus Nees & C.Mart. - CONVOLVULACEAE
- blue daze
Fadogia cienkowskii Schweinf. - RUBIACEAE
Ficus benghalensis L. - MORACEAE - banyan
Ficus pumila L. - MORACEAE
Fuirena umbellata Rottb. - CYPERACEAE
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
Glinus oppositifolius (L.) A.DC. - AIZOACEAE - habit, flowers
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. - FABACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Globimetula braunnii (Engl.) Danser - LORANTHACEAE
Gloriosa simplex L. - LILIACEAE
Glossostelma lisianthoides (Decne.) Bullock
- ASCLEPIADACEAE
Glycine max (L.) Merr. - FABACEAE - pods, pods 2 - soya, soja
Gomphocarpus semiamplectens K.Schum. - ASCLEPIADACEAE - habit, flowers
Gomphrena celosioides Mart. - AMARANTHACEAE
Gomphrena globosa L. - AMARANTHACEAE
Grangea maderaspatna (L.) Poir. - ASTERACEAE
Habenaria macrura Kraenzl.- ORCHIDACEAE
Hamelia patens
Jacq. - RUBIACEAE -
firebush
Harpullia cupanoides Roxb. - SAPINDACEAE
Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe - ZINGIBERACEAE
Heisteria parvifolia Sm. - OLACACEAE - fruit 1, fruit 2
Helichrysum mechovianum Klatt - ASTERACEAE - leaves, flowers 1, flowers 2
Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. -
HELICONIACEAE
Heliconia psittacorum Lindl. - HELICONIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
Heliconia stricta Huber - HELICONIACEAE
Hemigraphis alternata (Burm.f.) Anderson - ACANTHACEAE - leaves, flower
Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex Juss.) Müll.Arg. -
EUPHORBIACEAE
Hibiscus mechovii Garcke - MALVACEAE
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. - MALVACEAE
Holarrhena floribunda (G.Don) T.Durand & Schinz - APOCYNACEAE
- photo 2, photo 3
Holmskioldia sanguinea Retz. - VERBENACEAE
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. - SAXIFRAGACEAE - hortensia
Hydrolea
palustris Aubl. - HYDROPHYLLACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Hymenocoleus hirsutus (Benth.) Robbr. - RUBIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Hymenodictyon
floribundum (Hochst.
& Steud.) B.L.Rob. - RUBIACEAE
Hyparrhenia diplandra (Hack.) Stapf - POACEAE - flowering plant, flowers
Hypoxis angustifolia Lam. - HYPOXIDACEAE
Impatiens irvingii Hook.f. ex Oliv. - BALSAMINACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raenschel - POACEAE
Indigofera paniculata Vahl ex Pierre - FABACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Indigofera pulchra Willd. - FABACEAE
Inga edulis Mart. - MIMOSACEAE - flowers, leave + fruit, leaves + fruits, seeds - ice-cream bean
Ipomoea aquatia
Forssk. - CONVOLVULACEAE
Ixora brachypoda DC. - RUBIACEAE - photo 2
Ixora coccinea L. - RUBIACEAE
Jatropha curcas L. - EUPHORBIACEAE - flowers, fruits, seeds - purging nut, Barbados nut
Jatropha gossypiifolia
L. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Jatropha multifida L. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Jatropha podagrica Hook. - EUPHORBIACEAE - photo 2
Jasminum sambac (L.) Ait. - OLEACEAE
- Arabian jasmine
Justicia brandegeana
Wassh. &
L.B.Sm. - ACANTHACEAE - shrimp plant
Justicia brasiliana Roth - ACANTHACEAE
Justicia carnea Lindl. - ACANTHACEAE - Brazilian plume flower
Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers. - CRASSULACEAE - leaves, flowers 1, flowers 2
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri Raym.-Hamet & H.Perrier -
CRASSULACEAE - leaves,
flowers 1, flowers 2 – donkey’s ear
Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A.Juss. - MELIACEAE - African mahogany
Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. - BIGNONIACEAE - flowers, fruits - sausage tree
Kotschya ochreata (Taub.) Dewit & P.A.Duvign. -
FABACEAE
Kopsia fruticosa (Ker Gawl) A.DC. - APOCYNACEAE
Kyllinga erecta Schumach. - CYPERACEAE
Lagerstroemia indica L. - LYTHRACEAE
Landolphia lanceolata (K.Schum.) Pichon - APOCYNACEAE - leaves, flowers, fruit
Launea nana (Baker) Chiov. - ASTERACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
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
Licuala grandis H.Wendl. ex Linden - ARECACEAE - tree, inflorescence
Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau - BUTOMACEAE or
LIMNOCHARITACEAE - flower
- yellow velvetleaf
Lindackeria dentata (Oliv.) Gilg - FLACOURTIACEAE
Liriope spicata Lour. ‘Silver Dragon’ - LILIACEAE
Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mart. - ARECACEAE - tree, infrutescences - chinese fan palm
Loudetia demeusei (De Wild.) C.E.Hubb. ex Pic.-Serm. - POACEAE - habit, flowers
Ludwigia
leptocarpa (Nutt.) Hara -
ONAGRACEAE - habit, flowers
Maesobotrya bertramiana Büttner -
EUPHORBIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
Maesobotrya staudtii (Pax) Hutch. - EUPHORBIACEAE - male flowers, fruits
Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. - MALVACEAE
Maprounea africana Müll..
Maranta arundinaceae L. ‘Variegata’ - MARANTACEAE
Marantochloa congensis (K.Schum.) J.Léonard &
Mullenders - MARANTACEAE - habit, flower
Mariscus cylindristachyus Steud. - CYPERACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Marsilea minuta L. - MARSILIACEAE (Filices) - photo 2
Medinilla magnifica Lindl. - MELASTOMATACEAE - photo 2
Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake - MYRTACEAE - stem, flowers, flowers 2
Melampodium divaricatum (L.C.Rich.) DC. - ASTERACEAE - butter daisy
Melinis amethystea (Franch.) Zizka - POACEAE
Melochia melissifolia Benth. - STERCULIACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hallier f. - CONVOLVULACEAE
- habit, flowers
Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle - CONVOLVULACEAE - leaves, tuber - wood rose
Microgramma
lycopodioides (L.) Copel. -
POLYPODIACEAE (Filices)
Millettia versicolor Welw. Ex Baker -
FABACEAE
Mimosa diplotricha Sauvalle - MIMOSACEAE -
habit, flowers - giant false sensitive
plant
Mimosa pigra L.
- MIMOSACEAE
Momordica foetida Schumach. - CUCURBITACEAE
Monocymbium ceresiiforme (Nees) Stapf - POACEAE - in vegetation, flowers
Moringa oleifera Lam. - MORINGACEAE - flowers
Mostuea brunonis Didr. - LOGANIACEAE - habit, fruit
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - FABACEAE - flowers, pods 1, pods 2 - velvet bean
Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan - COMMELINACEAE - photo 2
Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack - RUTACEAE - orange Jessamine
Musa ornata Roxb. - MUSACEAE - with
orange bracts
Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach.. & Thonn. - RUBIACEAE
- Ashanti blood
Mussaenda philippica ‘Doña
Luz’ - RUBIACEAE
Mussaenda philippica ‘Queen
Sirikit’ - RUBIACEAE
Nelsonia smithii Ørst. - ACANTHACEAE
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. - NELUMBONACEAE - leaves, flower - lotus
Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott - NEPHROLEPIDACEAE
(Filices)
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) Presl. ‘Duffii’ - NEPHROLEPIDACEAE (Filices)
Nephrolepis falcata (Cav.) C.Chr. f. furcata Moore - NEPHROLEPIDACEAE
(Filices) - fishtail fern
Nicotiana tabacum L. - SOLANACEAE
Nymphoides forbesiana (Griseb.) O.Kuntze - MENYANTHACEAE
Ochna arenaria De Wild. & T.Durand - OCHNACEAE
- photo 2
Odontonema callistachyum (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze -
ACANTHACEAE - flowers
1, flowers 2,
flowers 3, flowers 4
Oldenlandia affinis (Roem. Ex Schult.) DC. - RUBIACEAE
- photo 1, photo 2
Oryza longistaminata A.Chev. & Roehr. - POACEAE - habit, flowers
Osmunda regalis L. - OSMUNDACEAE (Filices)
Otomeria elatior (A.Rich. ex DC.) Verdc. - RUBIACEAE
Otomeria guineensis Benth. - RUBIACEAE
Oxalis triangularis A.St.- Hil. - OXALIDACEAE - plant, flower - purple shamrock
Palisota schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke - COMMELINACEAE - flowers
Pandanus pygmaeus Thouars - PANDANACEAE - at Grand
Hôtel, Kinshasa
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
Parkinsonia aculeate L. - CAESALPINIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2 - Jerusalem thorn
Paropsia brazzeana Baill. - PASSIFLORACEAE - shrub, flower
Pedilanthus
tithymaloides
(L.) Poit. ‘Variegatus’ -
EUPHORBIACEAE
Pellaea doniana Hook. - SINOPTERIDACEAE (Filices)
Pennisetum nodiflorum Franch. - POACEAE
Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. subsp. polystachion - POACEAE - habit, flowers
Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers - RUBIACEAE - star cluster
Peperomia pellucida (L.) H.B.&K. - PIPERACEAE
Pereskia grandifolia Haw. - CACTACEAE - photo 2
Pericopsis elata (Harms) Meeuwen - FABACEAE - afrormosia - in Kisantu arboretum
Persicaria senegalensis (Meisn.) Soják -
POLYGONACEAE - photo
1, photo 2
Petrea volubilis Jacq. - VERBENACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2, flowers 3
Philodendron
‘Congo’ - ARACEAE
Phoenix reclinata Jacq. - ARECACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Phymatosorus
scolopendria (Burm.f.)
Pic.Serm. - POLYPODIACEAE (Filices)
Physalis angulata L. - SOLANACEAE - cutleaf groundcherry
Pilea microphylla Sw. - URTICACEAE - artillery plant
Piper umbellatum L. - PIPERACEAE - habit, inflorescence
Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. - MIMOSACEAE - tree, leaves, flowers, pod 1, pod 2
Platycoryne guingangae (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - ORCHIDACEAE
Pleiotaxis pulcherrima Steetz - ASTERACEAE
Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague - BIGNONIACEAE
Polianthes tuberosa L. - AGAVACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Polyalthia suaveolens Engl. & Diels - ANNONACEAE
Polygala acicularis Oliv. - POLYGALACEAE - photo 2
Polyscias filicifolia (C.Moore ex E.Fourn.) L.H.Bailey - ARALIACEAE
Polyscias guilfoylei (W.Bull) L.H.Bailey ‘Variegata’ - ARALIACEAE
Polyscias guilfoylei (W.Bull) L.H.Bailey ‘Victoriae’ - ARALIACEAE
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn - HYPOLEPIDACEAE
(Filices)
Pterocarpus angolensis DC. - FABACEAE - tree, leaves, pods
Pterocarpus indicus Willd. - FABACEAE - flowers, pods - golfcourt,
Kinshasa
Ptychosperma macarthurii (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl.
ex Hook.f. - ARECACEAE - photo1, photo 2
Rhamphicarpa fistulosa (Hochst.) Benth. - SCROPHULARIACEAE
- habit, flowers
Rhynchosia mannii Baker - FABACEAE
Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton - CYPERACEAE
Rorippa madagascariensis (DC.) Hara - BRASSICACEAE
Ruellia brittoniana Leonard - ACANTHACEAE - photo 1, photo 2 - Mexican petunia; Mbaki’s nursery, Kinshasa
Ruellia humilis Nutt. - ACANTHACEAE - wild petunia
Ruspolia hypocrateriformis (Vahl) Milne-Redh. - ACANTHACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Sacciolepis africana
Hubb. & Snowd.
- POACEAE
Salvia coccinea Buc’hoz ex Etl. - LAMIACEAE
Salvia leucantha Cav. - LAMIACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Salvia splendens Ker Gawl. - LAMIACEAE
Samanea leptophylla (Harms) Brenan & Brummitt -
MIMOSACEAE - tree,
flowers, fruits
Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. - MIMOSACEAE - rain tree
Sambucus mexicana Presl. ex A.DC. - CAPRIFOLIACEAE
Sauvagesia erecta L.
- OCHNACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Schefflera arboricola (Hayata) Merr. - ARALIACEAE
Scilla achteniii De Wild.- LILIACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Scilla engleri T.Durand & Schinz - LILIACEAE -
flowers 1, flowers 2
Scleria verrucosa Willd. - CYPERACEAE
Sclerosperma mannii H.Wendl. - ARECACEAE - fruits 1, fruits 2
Selaginella myosurus (Sw.) Alston - SELAGINELLACEAE
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen) Irwin & Barneby -
CAESALPINIACEAE
Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby -
CAESALPINIACEAE
Sesamum angustifolium (Oliv.) Engl. - PEDALIACEAE - in vegetation, habit, flower
Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Moss - POACEAE
Sherbournia
bignoniiflora
(Welw.) Hua - RUBIACEAE
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
Sopubia ramosa (Hochst.) Hochst. -
SCROPHULARIACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Sopubia monteiroi Skan - SCROPHULARIACEAE
Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel -
ARACEAE
Spermacoce pusilla Wall. - RUBIACEAE
Spilanthes costata Benth. - ASTERACEAE
Stenandriopsis
guineensis
(Nees) Benoist - ACANTHACEAE
Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze - POACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3 - St. Augustine grass
Stictocardia beraviensis
(Vatke) Hallier f. - CONVOLVULACEAE
Stipularia africana P.Beauv. - RUBIACEAE - flowers, fruits
Streptogyna crinita P.Beauv. - POACEAE
Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze - SCROPHULARIACEAE
Striga bilabiata (Thunb.) Kuntze - SCROPHULARIACEAE
Strobilanthes dyerianus Mast. -
ACANTHACEAE - Persian shield
Strychnos pungens Solered. - LOGANIACEAE - tree, fruit
Synedrella nodiflora Gaertn. - ASTERACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
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
Tabernaemontana inconspicua Stapf - APOCYNACEAE
Tabernanthe iboga Baill. - APOCYNACEAE
Tacca chantrieri André - TACCACEAE - bat flower
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze - TACCACEAE
Tamarindus indica L. - CAESALPINIACEAE
Tarenna pallidula Hiern - RUBIACEAE
Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach - BIGNONIACEAE - Cape honeysuckle
Tephrosia nana Kotschy ex Schweinf. - FABACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Tetracera alnifolia Willd. - DILLENIACEAE
Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum. - APOCYNACEAE - flowers, fruits
Torenia fournieri Lind. - SCROPHULARIACEAE
Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltd.) Kuntze -
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Trachypogon spicatus (L.f.) Ktze. - POACEAE - in vegetation, flowers
Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.Hunt ‘Purpurea’ - COMMELINACEAE
Tradescantia spathacea Sw. - COMMELINACEAE - oyster plant
Tridax procumbens L. - ASTERACEAE - leaves, flower, habit
Tripsacum andersonii J.R.Gray - POACEAE -
Tristemma leiocalyx Cogn. - MELASTOMATACEAE - flower, fruit
Tropaeolum majus L. - TROPAEOLACEAE
Turnera subulata Sm. - TURNERACEAE - habit, flower, flowers 2
Uapaca guineensis Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC. - FABACEAE - photo 2, photo 3
Urelytrum giganteum Pilg. - POACEAE - habit, inflorescence
Urera trinervis (Hochst.) Friis & Immelman - URTICACEAE
Vernonia brazzavillensis Aubr. ex Compère - ASTERACEAE - flowering tree, flowers
Vernonia perrottetii Sch. Bip. - ASTERACEAE
Vernonia undulata Oliv. & Hiern - ASTERACEAE
Verschaffeltia splendida H.Wendl. - ARECACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. -
FABACEAE - flower 2, field - cowpea, niébé
Vitex doniana Sweet - VERBENACEAE
Wahlenbergia collomioides (A.DC.) Thulin -
CAMPANULACEAE
Washingtonia robusta H.Wendl. - ARECACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Xyris sp. - XYRIDACEAE
Yucca gloriosa L. - AGAVACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Zephyranthes candida (Lindl.) Herb. -
AMARYLLIDACEAE
Zingiber officinalis Roscoe - ZINGIBERACEAE - plant, tuber - ginger
Zinnia elegans Jacq. - ASTERACEAE
Zornia glochidata Rchb. Ex DC. - FABACEAE
