Records determined by Barbara Curtis

Determinations: 11

The following is a list of the records determined by Barbara Curtis in species name order.

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
94377Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca27 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 677 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site M8, near Chaka Village.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C40

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m high. Older stems brown, younger ones green, all very stiff and woody. Leaves with 2 leaflets below a spine. Mopane woodland, sandy plain.

-17.85778024.4700004
94596Balanites aegyptiaca var. aegyptiaca25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 633 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: 4 km NE of Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

Notes: Simple stem about 2 cm in diameter, with short lateral branches low down. Branches very stiff. Stem greenish, stiff succulent. Sessile leaves green, concolorous, in whorls. Spiny. Mopane woodland. Corr. nom.: SR 01.2008.

-17.82250024.6019404
94633Dichrostachys cinerea25 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 631 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site, at edge of pan.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

4 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub 4 m - edge of pan. Young pods. Common in places. Mopane woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94845Flacourtia indica9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1424 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 3 m tall. Stems: smooth, light brown with sharp spines. A single sharp spine at base of most leaves. Leaves: circular, velvety. Fruit: a round berry about 5 mm long, with a ring of persistent calyx at apex.

-17.78330025.2075005
93997Gloriosa superba4 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 785 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Campsite.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C20

Notes: Spiny green leaves curling at tips. Flowers orange with yellow edges to petals.

-17.50000024.3600005
94881Phoenix reclinata7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1380 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island, riverine..2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m tall. Leaves: long, up to 1.5 m (just the tip sampled). Clusters of oval green fruits on yellow green stalks, hanging down.

-17.78330025.2075005
94764Securidaca longepedunculata5 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1334 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Conservancy.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D4 0

10 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Stem: 4 thin, smooth grey stems, all growing together. Flowers: mauve/lilac. Fruit/seed: new pods reddish/green. Someone has dug a hole around the trunk and the tree is leaning.

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94768Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica26 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 662 BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Site S1, floodplain.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D40

Tree; Notes: Large tree > 20 m high, with dark green leaves, pale and hairy below. Leathery. Bark dark and fissured.

-17.87806024.7580604
94910Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica7 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1379 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 m tall, riverine. Stems: smooth, grey. New growth velvety. Leaves: with marked pulvinus, sometimes paripinnate, sometimes imparipinnate. Petiole up to 15 cm long, velvety. Rachis velvety. Petiolules thick. Leaflets smooth, dark green above, yellow green and velvety below with marked venation. Fruit: ovoid, green, velvety, with 6 segments demarcated by grooves.

-17.78330025.2075005
94731Ximenia afra var. afra22 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 604 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Salambala Camp Site.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D30

4 m high; Tree; Notes: Shrubby tree, 4 m high. Smooth grey bark. Leaves on young branches very downy, short spines at base of leaves. Sandy plain, Mopane/Terminalia sericea woodland.

0.0000000.0000004
94914Ximenia americana var. microphylla9 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis 1425 C Mannheimer BA Curtis WIND
Caprivi: Impalila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3930

180 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, 180 cm tall, 2 m in diameter. Stems: brown to green. Leaves: blue-green, folded up along midrib, clustered on spiny lateral shoots. Fruit: oval, pendulous.

-17.78330025.2075005


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The Uganda flora team (2026). Flora of Uganda: Records determined by Barbara Curtis.
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