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, Hervé Zianda, Jean-Luc & Pauline Alliez, Jean Lejoly, Anny Mandungu and Thea Lautenschläger

We are grateful to Paul Bamps, Olivier Lachenaud and Dominique Champluvier for identifying some difficult images of plants

Plantes utiles du Bas-Congo

République Démocratique du Congo

Paul Latham and Augustin Konda ku Mbuta

Edition 2, 2010, 372 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 melanospermus Hassk. - FABACEAE

syn. Abrus fruticulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn.

Abrus precatorius L. - FABACEAE - seeds

Acacia auriculiformis A.Cunn. ex Benth. - MIMOSACEAE - flowers, pods

Acacia farnesiana (L.) Wild - MIMOSACEAE

Acacia mangium Willd. - MIMOSACEAE - flowers, pods

Acalypha hispaniolae Urb. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg. ‘Marginata’ - EUPHORBIACEAE

Achyranthes aspera L.- AMARANTHACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2

Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass. - ASTERACEAE

Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.- ARECACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4

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

Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. - ADIANTACEAE (Filices)

Adonidia merrillii Becc. - ARECACEAE - Christmas palm

Aeollanthus suaveolens Maet. ex Spreng. - LAMIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Afzelia bipindensis Harms - CAESALPINIACEAE

Agathisanthemum globosum (A.Rich.) Bremek. - RUBIACEAE

Agave americana L. - AGAVACEAE

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 - flowers 2 - purple Allamanda

Alocasia amazonica Hort. - ARACEAE

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

Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K.Schum. - ZINGIBERACEAE

Alpinia vittata W.Bull. - ZINGIBERACEAE - flowers - variegated ginger

Alternanthera tenella Colla var. bettzickiana (Regel) Veldkamp - AMARANTHACEAE

Alvesia rosmarinifolia Welw. - LAMIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

Ananas ananasoides (Baker) Sm. - BROMELIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

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

Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl. - ARACEAE - habit, leaf, 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

Anthurium andraeanum Lind. - ARACEAE

Aphanocalyx obscurus Wieringa - CAESALPINIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, seedlings

Aphelandra sinclairiana Nees - ACANTHACEAE

Arachnis moschifera Blume - ORCHIDACEAE - in Kisantu garden

Araucaria bidwillii Hook. - ARAUCARIACEAE - tree

Araucaria columnaris (G.Forst.) Hook. - ARAUCARIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, NOTE

Araucaria heterophylla (Salis.) Franco - ARAUCARIACEAE - tree, branch - Norfolk island pine

Ardisia solanacea Roxb. - MYRSINACEAE

Areca catechu L. - ARECACEAE - flowers, fruits - betel nut palm

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

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Baissea axillaris (Benth.) Hua - APOCYNACEAE

Balantium antarticum (Labill.) C.Presl. - DICKSONIACEAE (Filices) - in Kinshasa Botanical Garden - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

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

Begonia sp. - BEGONIACEAE

Bignonia magnifica W.Bull. - BIGNONIACEAE - flowering vine, flowers

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 1, flowers 2

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, photo 3

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Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston - CAESALPINIACEAE - flowers, flowers + pods - cat’s claw

Caladium bicolor (Ait.) Vent. - ARACEAE - photo 2 - photo 3

Calathea louisae Gagnep. - MARANTACEAE - photo 2

Calathea roseopicta (Linden) Regel - MARANTACEAE

Calathea zebrina (Sims) Lindl. - MARANTACEAE

Calliandra calothyrsus Meisn. - MIMOSACEAE - flowers

Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson ‘Melnick-off’ - COMMELINACEAE

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

Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson - ANNONACEAE - flowers, fruits - ylang-ylang

Cardiospermum halicacabum L. - SAPINDACEAE - flowers, fruits

Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav. - CYCLANTHACEAE - leaves, flowers - Panama-hat palm

Carpolobia alba G.Don - POLYGALACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Cassia fistula L. - CAESALPINIACEAE - tree, flowers, fruit - golden shower

Cassia javanica. L. - CAESALPINIACEAE - tree, flowers - pink shower

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Cecropia pachystachya Trécul - CECROPIACEAE / URTICACEAE - leaves, male inflorescences

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

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

Centratherum punctatum Cass. - ASTERACEAE - flower 2 - Manaos Beauty

Cercestis congoensis Engl. - ARACEAE - flowers, fruits

Cereus uruguayanus Kiesling - CACTACEAE - habitus, flower bud

Chamaecrista mimosoides (L.) Greene - CAESALPINIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Chamaeropsis humilis L. - ARECACEAE

Cheilocostus speciosus (J.König) C.D.Sprecht ‘Variegatus’ - COSTACEAE - habit, flowers

syn. Costus speciosus (J.König) Sm. ‘Variegatus’

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 - photo 2

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

Costus productus Gleason ex Maas - COSTACEAE

Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw. - COSTACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

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

Crinum X powellii L.H.Bailey ‘Album’ - AMARYLLIDACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Crossandra infundibuliformis Nees - ACANTHACEAE

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

Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schult - ASCLEPIADACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

Ctenium newtonii Hack. - POACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Cucumis metaliferus E.Mey. ex Naudin - CUCURBITACEAE - fruit, fruit 2

Cyanotis longifolia Benth. - COMMELINACEAE - in vegetation, flowers 1, flowers 2

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. - POACEAE

Cyperus angolensis Boeck. - CYPERACEAE

Cyrtostachys renda Blume - ARECACEAE - lipstick palm

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Dianthus chinensis L. - CARYOPHYLLACEAE - photo 2 - carnation

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

Dictyandra arborescens Welw. ex Hook.f. - RUBIACEAE

Dillenia indica L. - DILLENIACEAE - flower, flower 2, fruit 1, fruit 2

Diodella sarmentosa (Sw.) Bacigalupo & E.L. Cabral - RUBIACEAE - habit, flowers

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

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

Dracaena acutissima Hua - ASPARAGACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

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

Dracaena fragrans ‘Victoriae’ - ASPARAGACEAE - photo

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

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Emilia coccinea (Sims) G.Don - ASTERACEAE

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

Epipremnum aureum (Linden & André) G.S.Bunting - ARACEAE - golden pothos

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

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Geophila renaris De Wild. & T.Durand - RUBIACEAE

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 - COLCHICACEAE (APG)

Glossostelma lisianthoides (Decne.) Bullock - ASCLEPIADACEAE

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

Gomphrena celosioides Mart. - AMARANTHACEAE

Grangea maderaspatna (L.) Poir. - ASTERACEAE

Guzmania ‘Limones’ - BROMELIACEAE

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Habenaria macrura Kraenzl.- ORCHIDACEAE

Hamelia patens Jacq. - RUBIACEAE - firebush

Harpullia cupanoides Roxb. - SAPINDACEAE - photo 2

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 bihai (L.) L. - HELICONIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Hemigraphis alternata (Burm.f.) Anderson - ACANTHACEAE - leaves, flower

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

Hibiscus mechovii Garcke - MALVACEAE

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. - MALVACEAE - photo 2

Holarrhena floribunda (G.Don) T.Durand & Schinz - APOCYNACEAE - photo 2, photo 3

Holmsckoldia sanguinea Retz- VERBENACEAE/LAMIACEAE

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Impatiens irvingii Hook.f.ex Oliv. - BALSAMINACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Impatiens mackeyana Hook.f. - BALSAMINACEAE - flower 1, flower 2Imperata 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

Jacaranda mimosifolia D.DON - BIGNONIACEAE - faux palissandre

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

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

Justicia carnea Lindl. - ACANTHACEAE - Brazilian plume flower

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Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln. - CRASSULACEAE - plant, flowers

Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers. - CRASSULACEAE - leaves, flowers 1, flowers 2

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

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

Kyllinga erecta Schumach. - CYPERACEAE

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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Macrosphyra brachystylis Hiern - RUBIACEAE

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

Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. - MALVACEAE

Mansoa hymenaea (DC.) A.Gentry - BIGNONIACEAE

Maprounea africana Müll..Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE - fruits

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

Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake - MYRTACEAE - stem, flowers, flowers 2

Melampodium divaricatum (L.C.Rich.) S.T.Blake - ASTERACEAE

Melinis amethystea (Franch.) Zizka - POACEAE - photo 2

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

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

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Momordica foetida Schumach. - CUCURBITACEAE

Monstera deliciosa Liebm. - ARACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Mucuna pruriens (L) DC - FABACEAE - flowers, pods 1, pods 2, - velvet bean

Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan - COMMELINACEAE

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

Musa acuminata Colla 'Dwarf Cavendish' - MUSACEAE

Musa ornata Roxb. - MUSACEAE - with orange bracts, photo 2, - with purple bracts, photo 3

Musa zebrina Van Houtte ex Planch. - MUSACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Mussaenda erythrophyllla Schumach.. & Thonn. - RUBIACEAE

Mussaenda philippica ‘Queen Sirikit’- RUBIACEAE

Miconia canescens DC. - MELASTOMATACEAE - photo 1, photo 2 - velvet tree

Nelumbo nucufera Gaertn.- NELUMBONACEAE - leaves, flower, fruit - lotus

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

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

Nicotiana tabacum L. - SOLANACEAE - leaves, flowers

Nymphoides forbesiana (Griseb.) O.Kuntze - MENYANTHACEAE

Ophiopogon jaburan (Siebold) Lodd. ‘Vittatus’- ASPAGACEAE

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Pandanus pygmaeus Thouars - PANDANACEAE - at Grand Hôtel, Kinshasa

Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi - syn. Pandanus sanderi Mast. - PANDANACEAE

Pandanus utilis Bory - PANDANACEAE - fruits 1, fruits 2

Panicum maximum Jacq. - POACEAE - habit, inflorescence

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

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

Paropsia brazzeana Baill. - PASSIFLORACEAE - shrib, flower

Pennisetum unisetum (Nees) Benth. - POACEAEAE

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

Petrea volubilis L. -VERBENACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2

Phalaenopsis hybrid - ORCHIDACEAE

Philodendron ‘Congo’ - ARACEAE

Physalis angulata L. - SOLANAVEAE - cutleaf groundcherry

Pilea cadierei Gagnep. & Guillaume - URTICACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Pilea microphylla Sw. - URTICACEAE - artillery plant

Piper umbellatum L. - PIPERACEAE - habit, inflorescence

Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. - MIMOSACEAE - tree, leaves, flowers, pod 1, pod 2, pods

Platycoryne guingangae (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - ORCHIDACEAE

Pleioblastus fortunei (Van Houtte) Nakai - POACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Pleiotaxis pulcherrima Steetz - ASTERACEAE

Polianthes tuberosa L. - AGAVACEAE/ASPARAGACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Polygala acicularis Oliv. - POLYGALACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Portulaca grandiflora Hook. - PORTULACACEAE

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

Pteridium centrali-africanum (Hieron.) Alston – HYPOLEPIDACEAE (Filices)

Pteris vittata L. – PTERIDACEAE (Filices)

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Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet - ERICACEAE – Azalea

Rhynchosia mannii Baker - FABACEAE

Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton - CYPERACEAE

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

Ruellia chartacea (T.Anderson) Wassh. - ACANTHACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2

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Salvia splendens Ker Gawl. - LAMIACEAE

Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. - MIMOSACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2, tree in Bot. Gard. Kin - rain tree

Sambucus mexicana Presl. ex A.DC - CAPRIFOLIACEAE - ADOXACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2, fruits

Schefflera arboricola (Hayata) Merr. - ARALIACEAE

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

Senna didymobotrya (Fresen) Irwin & Barneby - CAESALPINIACEAE

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

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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

Spathoglottis plicata Blume - ORCHIDACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

Spermacoce pusilla Wall. - RUBIACEAE

Spilanthes costata Benth. - ASTERACEAE

Stictocardia beraviensis (Vatke) Hallier f. - CONVOLVULACEAE

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

Stomatanthes africanus (Oliv. & Hiern) R.M.King & H.Rob. - ASTERARACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Streptogyna crinata P.Beauv.- POACEAE

Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze – SCROPHULARIACEAE

Striga bilabiata (Thunb.) Kuntze - SROPHULARIACEAE

Strobilanthes dyerianus Mast. - ACANTHACEAE - Persian shield

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

Tacca leontopetaloides (L) Kuntze - TACCACEAE

Tamarindus indica L. - CAESALPINIACEAE - flowers, fruits – tamarind

Taxodium mucronatum Ten. - TAXODIACEAE - tree, leaves

Tetradenia urticifolia (Baker) Philipson - LAMIACEAE

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

Thonningia sanguinea Valh - BALANOPHORACEAE

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

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

Tristemma leiocalyx Cogn. - MELASTOMATACEAE - flower, fruit

Turnera subulata Sm. -TURNERACEAE - PASSIFLORACEAE

Turnera ulmifolia L. - TURNERACEAE - PASSIFLORACEAE

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Uapaca guineensis Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC. - FABACEAE - photo 2, photo 3

Urera flamigniana Lambinon - URTICACEAE - photo 1, photo 2

Vernonia perrottetii Sch. Bip. - ASTERACEAE

Vitex doniana Sweet - VERBENACEAE

Vitex trifolia L. - VERBENACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

Vitex trifolia L. subsp. littoralis Steenis - VERBENACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3

Wahlenbergia collomioides (A.DC.) Thulin - CAMPANULACEAE

Xiphidium caeruleum Aubl. - HAEMODORACEAE

Zephyranthes candida (Lindl.) Herb. - AMARYLLIDACEAE

Zingiber officinalis Roscoe - ZINGIBERACEAE - plant, tuber - ginger

Zinnia elegans Jacq. - ASTERACEAE

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