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

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

Les chenilles comestibles

et leurs plantes nourricières

dans la province du Bas-Congo

Paul Latham

Edition 2, 2008, 44 pages, colour photos

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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 Benyh. - 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

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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

Alvesia rosmarinifoliaWelw. - LAMIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. var. variegatus (Lowe) Moldenke - BROMELIACEAE

Anchomanes difformis (Bl.) 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 ciliaris (Schumach.) Wild - ASTERACEAE

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

Aster novi-belgii L. - 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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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

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

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

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Cecropia leucocoma Miq. - CECROPIACEAE

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

Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. - APIACEAE - Indian pennywort

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

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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 sphacelatus Rottb. - CYPERACEAE

Cyperus papyrus L. - CYPERACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

Cyrtostachys renda Blume - ARECACEAE - lipstick palm

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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

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

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

Dypsis madagascariensis Nicholson - ARECACEAE - photo1, inflorescence - on 30 Juin boulevard

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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

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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

Gloriosa simplex L. - LILIACEAE

Glossostelma lisianthoides (Decne.) Bullock - ASCLEPIADACEAE

Glycine max (L.) Merr. - FABACEAE - pods, pods 2 - soya, soja

Gomphrena celosioides Mart. - AMARANTHACEAE

Gomphrena globosa L. - AMARANTHACEAE

Grangea maderaspatna (L.) Poir. - ASTERACEAE

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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

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

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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 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

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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

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

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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..Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE - fruits

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

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

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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

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 canescens (Lam.) Spreng. - 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

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

TOP - P

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

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

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

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

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Rhamphicarpa fistulosa (Hochst.) Benth. - SCROPHULARIACEAE - habit, flowers

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

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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

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

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

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Tabernaemontana inconspicua Stapf - APOCYNACEAE

Tabernanthe iboga Baill. - APOCYNACEAE

Tacca chantrieri André - TACCACEAE - bat flower

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

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

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

Tristemma leiocalyx Cogn. - MELASTOMATACEAE - flower, fruit

Tropaeolum majus L. - TROPAEOLACEAE

Turnera subulata Sm. - TURNERACEAE - habit, flower, flowers 2

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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 - cowpea, niébé

Vitex doniana Sweet - VERBENACEAE

Wahlenbergia collomioides (A.DC.) Thulin - CAMPANULACEAE

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

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