Photos of Flowers and Plants by P. Latham

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

by Luc Pauwels, Paul Latham, Frieda Billiet and Paul Bamps

Paul Latham is a retired agriculturalist having worked in Africa with the Salvation Army on farmer training in Kenya, Uganda and the Congo (Kinshasa), and is now involved in producing booklets on :

Edible caterpillars and their food plants in Bas-Congo. 2003, revised edition on CD 2004
Les chenilles comestibles et leurs plantes nourricières dans la province du Bas-Congo. 2003 (out of print)
Bee plants of Bas-Congo and southern Tanzania. CD - 2003. Can be purchased from Bees for Development http://www.beesfordevelopment.org
Useful plants of Bas-Congo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. CD – 2004. Can be purchased from http://www.nhbs.com/
Quelques plantes médicinales du Bas-Congo et leurs usages by Kibungu Kembelo, director of the Kisantu Botanical Garden.

Thanks to the kindness of Paul Latham we are able to illustrate our catalogue of the Kinshasa region. Other pictures are due to Frieda Billiet and Paul Bamps of the National Botanical Garden of Belgium. We are grateful for their contribution.

Paul Latham, paul@latham9.fsnet.co.uk - Frieda Billiet, frieda.billiet@br.fgov.be - Luc Pauwels, lpau3322@scarlet.be

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Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench - MALVACEAE - okra

Abrus precatorius L. - FABACEAE - plant, seeds

Acacia auriculiformis A.Cunn. ex Benth. - MIMOSACEAE

Acalypha hispida Burm.f. - EUPHORBIACEAE - cat's tail

Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Acanthus montanus (Nees) T.Anderson - ACANTHACEAE - leaves, flowers

Acosmium panamense (Benth.) Yakovlev - FABACEAE - flowers, fruits

Acridocarpus smeathmannii (DC.) Guill. & Perr. - MALPIGHIACEAE

Adansonia digitata L. - BOMBACACEAE - tree, leaves, flower, fruit - baobab

Adenia lobata (Jacq.) Engl. - PASSIFLORACEAE

Adenia poggei Engl. - PASSIFLORACEAE

Aframomum alboviolaceum (Ridley) K.Schum. - ZINGIBERACEAE - flower, fruit at the left side

Aframomum angustifolium (Sonnerat) K.Schum. - ZINGIBERACEAE - fruit at the right side, fruits

Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum. - ZINGIBERACEAE - grains of paradise

Agathis dammara (Lamb.) Rich. & A.Rich. - ARAUCARIACEAE

Aiphanes aculeata Willd. - ARECACEAE – tree, flowers + fruits

Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merril - MIMOSACEAE - flowers

Albizia ferruginea (Guill. & Perr.) Benth. - MIMOSACEAE

Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. - MIMOSACEAE - flowers, fruits

Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE - photo 2, photo 3

Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. - EUPHORBIACEAE - F. Billiet - candle-nut, varnish tree

Allamanda cathartica L. - APOCYNACEAE

Allium fistulosum L. - ALLIACEAE - Welsh onion

Aloe congolensis De Wild. & T.Durand - ALOACEAE - flowers

Alstonia congensis Engl. - APOCYNACEAE - tree, flowers

Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell. - AMARANTHACEAE

Amaranthus cruentus L. - AMARANTHACEAE

Anacardium occidentale L. - ANACARDIACEAE - fruiting branch - F. Billiet, fruit - P. Bamps - cashew nut

Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. - BROMELIACEAE - pineapple

Anchomanes difformis (Bl.) Engl. - ARACEAE

Anisophyllea quangensis Engl. - ANISOPHYLLEACEAE

Annona muricata L. - ANNONACEAE - soursop

Annona senegalensis Pers. subsp. oulotricha Le Thomas - ANNONACEAE

Annona squamosa L. - ANNONACEAE - fruit 1, fruit 2

Anonidium mannii (Oliv.) Engl. & Diels - ANNONACEAE - tree, fruit

Ansellia africana Lindl. - ORCHIDACEAE - flowers 1, L. Pauwels, flower 2, F. Billiet

Anthocleista liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand - LOGANIACEAE

Antidesma venosum E.Mey. ex Tul. - EUPHORBIACEAE - F. Billiet

Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn. - POLYGONACEAE - coral vine

Aoranthe cladantha (K.Schum.) Somers - RUBIACEAE

Arachis hypogaea L. - FABACEAE - peanut

Araucaria bidwillii Hook. - ARAUCARIACEAE - L. Pauwels

Aristolochia ringens Vahl - ARISTOLOCHIACEAE

Artemisia annua L. - ASTERACEAE - sweet Annie, sweet wormwood

Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg - MORACEAE - breadfruit

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. - MORACEAE - Jackfruit

Asclepias curassavica L. - ASCLEPIADACEAE - L. Pauwels - scarlet milkweed, bloodflower

Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth) Baker - LILIACEAE (aussi : ASPARAGACEAE)

Asystasia vogeliana Benth. - ACANTHACEAE

Averrhoa carambola L. - OXALIDACEAE - flowers, fruits 1, fruits 2 - carambola

Azadirachta indica A.Juss. - MELIACEAE - neem

Barteria nigritiana Hook. f. subsp. fistulosa (Mast.) Sleumer - PASSIFLORACEAE - tree, flowers

Basella alba L. - BASELLACEAE - leaves, fruits - Ceylon spinach

Bauhinia tomentosa L. - CAESALPINIACEAE - yellow bell bauhinia

Bauhinia purpurea L. - CAESALPINIACEAE - orchid tree

Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC. - IRIDACEAE - leopard lily

Bellucia pentamera Naudin - MELASTOMATACEAE - flowers, fruits

Berlinia bruneelii (De Wild.) Torr. & Hillc. - CAESALPINIACEAE

Bertiera congolana De Wild. & T.Durand - RUBIACEAE

Bidens oligoflora (Klatt) Wild - ASTERACEAE

Bidens pilosa L. - ASTERACEAE - Spanish needles

Bixa orellana L. – BIXACEAE

Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich. - URTICACEAE

Boerhavia diffusa L. - NYCTAGINACEAE

Borassus aethiopum Mart. - trees, infructescence - ARECACEAE

Bougainvillea glabra Chois. - NYCTAGINACEAE

Brassica juncea (L.) Cern. - BRASSICACEAE

Brassica rapa L. (Chinensis group) – BRASSICACEAE

Breynia disticha J.R. & G.Fost. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Browallia speciosa Hook. - SOLANACEAE

Brucea sumatrana Roxb. - SIMAROUBACEAE

Brugmansia versicolor Lagerh. - SOLANACEAE - bush, flower - angel's trumpet

Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken - CRASSULACEAE

Buchholzia tholloniana Hua - CAPPARIDACEAE - flowers, fruit

Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. - CAESALPINIACEAE - flowers 2 - L. Pauwels

Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. - FABACEAE - pigeonpea

Calea urticifolia (Miller) DC. - ASTERACEAE

Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn. - MIMOSACEAE

Calliandra surinamensis Benth. - MIMOSACEAE - pink powderpuff

Caloncoba welwitschii (P.Beauv.) Gilg - FLACOURTIACEAE - tree, flower, fruits

Calotropis procera Ait.f. - ASCLEPIADACEAE - flowers, fruit - P. Bamps

Calycobolus heudelotii (Baker ex Oliv.) Heine subsp. heudelotii - CONVOLVULACEAE

Camoensia scandens (Welw.) Gillett - FABACEAE - F. Billiet

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

Canarium schweinfurthii Engl. - BURSERACEAE - tree, fruits

Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. - FABACEAE - pods, seeds – sword bean

Canna indica L. - CANNACEAE - Indian shot

Cannabis sativa L. - CANNABACEAE - hemp, marijuana

Capsicum frutescens L. - SOLANACEAE

Carica papaya L. - CARICACEAE - male flowers, fruiting tree - papaya

Caryota mitis Lour. - ARECACEAE - clustering fishtail palm

Casuarina equisetifolia L. - CASUARINACEAE - infrutescences, twigs - Australian pine, horsetail tree, filao

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don - APOCYNACEAE - Madagascar periwinkle

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. - BOMBACACEAE - tree in flooded Inkisi plain, flowers - kapok tree

Celosia argentea L. - AMARANTHACEAE

Centrosema pubescens Benth. - FABACEAE

Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brogn. - PARKERIACEAE (Filices) - water sprite

Chaetocarpus africanus Pax - EUPHORBIACEAE - flowers, fruits

Chamaecrista kirkii (Oliv.) Standley var. guineensis Steyaert - CAESALPINIACEAE

Chenopodium ambrosioides L. - CHENOPODIACEAE

Chlorophytum stolzii (K.Krause) Kativu - LILIACEAE - bulb, flowers

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.King & H.Robinson - ASTERACEAE - Siam weed

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H.Wendl. - ARECACEAE

Cinnamomum verum J.Presl. - LAURACEAE - cinnamon

Cissampelos owariensis P.Beauv. - MENISPERMACEAE - photo 2

Cissus aralioides (Welw. ex Baker) Planch. - VITACEAE

Cissus rubiginosa (Welw. ex Baker) Planch. - VITACEAE

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf. - CUCURBITACEAE - flowers, fruit

Clappertonia ficifolia (Willd.) Decne. - TILIACEAE - F. Billiet; photo 2 - P. Latham

Clausena anisata (Willd.) Oliv. - RUTACEAE

Cleome gynandra L. - CAPPARIDACEAE

Clerodendrum formicarum Gürke – VERBENACEAE

Clerodendrum speciosissimum Van Geert ex Morr. - VERBENACEAE

Clerodendrum splendens G.Don - VERBENACEAE

Clerodendrum uncinatum Schinz - VERBENACEAE

Clitandra cymulosa Benth. - APOCYNACEAE

Cnestis ferruginea DC. - CONNARACEAE - flowers, fruits

Cochlospermum angolense Welw. ex Oliv. - COCHLOSPERMACEAE - tree, flowers, fruit - P. Bamps

Cocos nucifera L. – ARECACEAE

Coffea canephora Pierre ex Fröhner - RUBIACEAE - flowers, fruits

Cogniauxia podolaena Baill. - CUCURBITACEAE - flowers, fruit

Coix lacryma-jobi L. - POACEAE - Job's tears

Cola acuminata (P.Beauv.) Schott & Endl. – STERCULIACEAE – flowers, fruit 1, fruit 2

Cola marsupium K.Schum. – STERCULIACEAE

Colletoecema dewevrei (De Wild.) Petit - RUBIACEAE

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott - ARACEAE - taro

Combretum platypterum (Welw.) Hutch. & Dalz. - COMBRETACEAE - F. Billiet

Combretum psidioides Welw. - COMBRETACEAE

Combretum racemosum P.Beauv. - COMBRETACEAE

Commelina diffusa Burm.f. - COMMELINACEAE

Congea velutina Wight - VERBENACEAE - L. Pauwels

Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E.Walker - ASTERACEAE

Corchorus olitorius L. - TILIACEAE

Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev. - AGAVACEAE

Cosmos sulfureus Cav. - ASTERACEAE

Costus afer Ker Gawl. - COSTACEAE - F. Billiet

Costus lucanusianus J.Braun & K.Schum. - COSTACEAE - F. Billiet

Costus phyllocephalus K.Schum. - COSTACEAE - F. Billiet

Costus spectabilis (Frenzl) K.Schum. - COSTACEAE

Crescentia cujute L. - BIGNONIACEAE - calabash tree

Crinum jagus (Thompson) Dandy - AMARYLLIDACEAE

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

Crotalaria ononoides Benth. - FABACEAE

Croton hirtus l'Hérit. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Croton mubango Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Croton sylvaticus Hochst. ex Krauss - EUPHORBIACEAE

Cucurbita maxima Lam. - CUCURBITACEAE - flower, fruit

Curcuma longa L. - ZINGIBERACEAE - plant, rhizomes, flowers

Cussonia angolensis (Seem.) Hiern - ARALIACEAE

Cycas circinalis L. - CYCADACEAE

Cycas revoluta Thunb. - CYCADACEAE - leaves deployment : stade 1, stade 2, stade 3, stade 4; cone

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf - POACEAE - lemon grass

Cymbopogon densiflorus (Steud.) Stapf – POACEAE

Cyperus articulatus L. - CYPERACEAE - roots, flowers

Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Stendtn. – SOLANACEAE - tamarillo, tree tomato

Dacryodes edulis (G.Don) H.J.Lam - BURSERACEAE - fruits 1 : F. Billiet ; fruits 2 : P. Latham - safou, butter fruit tree

Dalbergia bakeri Welw. ex Baker - FABACEAE

Dalbergia kisantuensis De Wild. - FABACEAE

Dalbergia pachycarpa (De Wild. & T.Durand) Ulbrich ex De Wild. - FABACEAE - flowers, fruits

Dalhousiea africana S.Moore - FABACEAE

Datura metel L. - SOLANACEAE

Davallia chaerophylloides (Poir.) Steud. - DAVALLIACEAE (Filices)

Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf. - CAESALPINIACEAE - flamboyant

Desmodium velutinum (Willd.) DC. - FABACEAE - flowers, fruits

Dialium englerianum Henriquès CAESALPINIACEAE

Dichaetanthera africana (Hook.f.) Jacq.-Fél. - MELASTOMATACEAE

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. platycarpa (Welw.) Brenan & Brummitt - MIMOSACEAE - shrub, flowers - P. Bamps

Dieffenbachia seguine (Jacq.) Schott ‘Amoena’ - ARACEAE - dumbcane

Dioscorea alata L. - DIOSCOREACEAE - winged yam

Dioscorea bulbifera L. - DIOSCOREACEAE : vine, bulbils - air potato

Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax - DIOSCOREACEAE

Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich. - DIOSCOREACEAE

Diplorhynchus condylocarpon (Müll.Arg.) Pichon - APOCYNACEAE

Dissotis senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.) Triana var. senegambiensis - MELASTOMATACEAE

Dorstenia psilurus Welw. - MORACEAE - stem + roots, flowers

Dracaena mannii Baker - AGAVACEAE - flowers, fruits

Dracaena surculosa Lindl. - AGAVACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2

Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult - CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Drynaria laurentii (Christ) Hieron. - POLYPODIACEAE (Filices)

Duranta erecta L. – VERBENACEAE – flowers, fruits

Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. - ASTERACEAE

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms - PONTEDERIACEAE - habit, flowers - water hyacinth

Elaeis guineensis Jacq. - ARECACEAE - trees, male inflorescenc + infrutescence - oil palm

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. - POACEAE

Eleutherine bulbosa (Mill.) Urb. - IRIDACEAE

Encephalartos laurentianus De Wild. - ZAMIACEAE - tree in Kisantu Garden, female cone, seeds

Encephalartos poggei Aschers. – ZAMIACEAE - female cone

Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesm. - MUSACEAE - plant, dry inflorescence, fruits

Episcia reptans Mart. - GESNERIACEAE

Eremospatha haullevilleana De Wild. - ARECACEAE

Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. - ROSACEAE - flowers, fruits

Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G.Don - FABACEAE

Erythrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC. - FABACEAE

Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M.Sm. - ZINGIBERACEAE

Eucharis grandiflora Planch. - AMARYLLIDACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2

Eugenia uniflora L. - MYRTACEAE - pitanga, Surinam cherry

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

Eulophia bouliawongo (Rchb.) J.Raynal - ORCHIDACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2 - L. Pauwels

Eulophia cuculata (Afz.) Lindl. ex Steud. - ORCHIDACEAE

Eulophia odontoglossa Rchb.f. - ORCHIDACEAE - F. Billiet

Euphorbia heterophylla L. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Euphorbia hirta L. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Euphorbia milii Desm. - EUPHORBIACEAE - L. Pauwels - crown of thorns

Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd ex Klotzsch. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Euphorbia trigona Haw. - EUPHORBIACEAE - plant, flowers

Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch. - FLACOURTIACEAE - fruiting branch, fruits

Ficus lutea Vahl - MORACEAE

Ficus sur Forssk. - MORACEAE

Ficus thonningii Blume – MORACEAE

Fittonia verschaffeltii (Lem.) Coem. var. argyroneura (Coem.) Nicholson - ACANTHACEAE

Funtumia africana (Benth.) Stapf - APOCYNACEAE - flowers, fruits

Gaertnera paniculata Benth. - RUBIACEAE

Galinsoga parviflora Cav. – ASTERACEAE

Gambeya lacourtiana (De Wild.) Aubr. & Pellegr. – SAPOTACEAE – leaves, fruit

Garcinia huillensis Oliv. - CLUSIACEAE - stem, fruits

Garcinia kola Heckel - CLUSIACEAE

Garcinia mangostana L. - CLUSIACEAE - mangosteen

Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson - CLUSIACEAE

Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn. subsp. jovis-tonantis (Welw.) Verdc. var. jovis-tonantis - RUBIACEAE - flower, fruit

Gladiolus dalenii de Geel - IRIDACEAE

Gloriosa superba L. - LILIACEAE

Glyphaea brevis (Spreng.) Monachino – TILIACEAE

Gmelina arborea Roxb. - VERBENACEAE - leaves, flowers

Gnetum africanum Welw. - GNETACEAE (Gymnospermae) - vine, bundle of leaves, seeds - fumbwa

Gossypium barbadense L. - MALVACEAE - flowers, fruits - cotton

Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. – PROTEACEAE – silver oak

Hallea stipulosa (DC.) Leroy - RUBIACEAE

Hamelia patens Jacq. - RUBIACEAE

Harungana madagascariensis Lam. ex Poir. - CLUSIACEAE

Haumaniastrum caeruleum (Oliv.) Mort. - LAMIACEAE - plant, flowers

Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G.Taylor - RUBIACEAE - flowers, fruits

Heisteria parvifolia Smith - OLACACEAE - flowering twig, fruit - P. Bamps

Helianthus annuus L. - ASTERACEAE - sunflower

Helichrysum mechowianum Klatt - ASTERACEAE

Heliconia latispatha Benth. - HELICONIACEAE - golden lobster claw

Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav. – HELICONIACEAE - lobster claw

Heliotropium indicum L. - BORAGINACEAE

Hibiscus acetosella Welw. ex Hiern - MALVACEAE

Hibiscus rostellatus Guill. & Perr. - MALVACEAE

Hibiscus sabdariffa L. - MALVACEAE - habit, fruits

Hibiscus schizopetalus (Mast.) Hook.f. - MALVACEAE - L. Pauwels

Hibiscus tiliaceus L. ‘Albo-variegatus’ – MALVACEAE – variegated beach hibiscus

Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Kuntze - AMARYLLIDACEAE - Barbados lily

Hippobroma longiflora (L.) G.Don - LOBELIACEAE

Hippocratea myriantha Oliv. - CELASTRACEAE

Holarrhena floribunda (G.Don) T.Durand & Schinz - APOCYNACEAE

Hugonia platysepala Welw. ex Oliv. - LINACEAE

Hura crepitans L. - EUPHORBIACEAE - sand box tree

Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb. - AMARYLLIDACEAE - beach spider lily

Hymenocardia acida Tul. - HYMENOCARDIACEAE - male flowers, fruits

Hymenocardia ulmoides Oliv. - HYMENOCARDIACEAE

Hypoestes cancellata (Willd. ex Nees) Nees – ACANTHACEAE

Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker - ACANTHACEAE

Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. - LAMIACEAE

Ipomoea batatas Poir. - CONVOLVULACEAE - leaves, flowers, tubers - sweet potato

Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy - CONVOLVULACEAE - bush morningglory

Ipomoea hederifolia L. - CONVOLVULACEAE

Ipomoea involucrata P.Beauv. - CONVOLVULACEAE

Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. - CONVOLVULACEAE - F. Billiet

Iresine herbstii Hook.f. – AMARANTHACEAE

Irvingia smithii Hook.f. - IRVINGIACEAE

Ixora chinensis Lam. - RUBIACEAE

Ixora coccinea L. - RUBIACEAE - P. Bamps

Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don - BIGNONIACEAE

Jatropha curcas L. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Jatropha integerrima Jacq. - EUPHORBIACEAE

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

Justicia secunda Vahl - ACANTHACEAE

Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. - BIGNONIACEAE

Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standley - CUCURBITACEAE - flowers, fruit - calebash, bottle gourd

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. - LYTHRACEAE

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

Lannea antiscorbutica (Hiern) Engl. - ANACARDIACEAE

Lantana camara L. - VERBENACEAE

Laportea aestuans (L.) Chev. - URTICACEAE

Lasimorpha senegalensis Schott - ARACEAE - F. Billiet

Leea guineensis G.Don - LEEACEAE

Leptactina leopoldi-secundi Büttner - RUBIACEAE

Leptoderris congolensis (De Wild.) Dunn - FABACEAE

Lippia multiflora L. - VERBENACEAE - leaves, flowers

Lonicera japonica Thunb. - CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Lovoa trichilioides Harms - MELIACEAE

Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R.Br. - SCHIZAEACEAE ( Filices)

Macaranga schweinfurthii Pax - EUPHORBIACEAE

Maesopsis eminii Engl. - RHAMNACEAE

Malphigia coccigera L. - MALPHIGIACEAE

Mangifera indica L. - ANACARDIACEAE - mango

Manihot esculenta Crantz - EUPHORBIACEAE - cassava

Manihot glaziovii Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE - Ceara rubber

Manniophyton fulvum Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Manotes expansa Sol. ex Planch. - CONNARACEAE

Maprounea africana Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Maranta arundinacea L. - MARANTACEAE - plant, roots - arrowroot

Markhamia tomentosa (Benth.) K.Schum. - BIGNONIACEAE - flowers - F. Billiet; fruits - P. Latham

Medinilla magnifica Lindl. - MELASTOMATACEAE

Megaphrynium macrostachyum (Benth.) Milne-Redhead - MARANTACEAE - leaves, inflorescence, flowers - F. Billiet

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys Lindau – ACANTHACEAE – flowers 1, flowers 2 – Brazilian red-cloak

Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. - MYRTACEAE

Melanthera scandens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Rob. - ASTERACEAE

Melia azedarach L. - MELIACEAE - pride of India, Chinaberry

Miconia calvescens DC. - MELASTOMATACEAE - velvet tree

Mikania chenopodiifolia Willd. - ASTERACEAE

Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.Berg - MORACEAE - iroko

Millettia eetveldeana (Mich.) Hauman - FABACEAE

Millettia laurentii De Wild. - FABACEAE - wenge

Millettia macroura Harms - FABACEAE

Millettia theuszii (Büttner) De Wild. - FABACEAE

Mimosa pudica L. - MIMOSACEAE

Mitracarpus villosus (Sw.) DC. - RUBIACEAE

Momordica charantia L. - CUCURBITACEAE

Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels - ASCLEPIADACEAE - flowering vine, flowers, fruit

Monodora angolensis Welw. - ANNONACEAE

Morinda morindoides (Baker) Milne-Redhead - RUBIACEAE

Moringa oleifera Lam. - MORINGACEAE - leaf, fruits - drumstick tree

Musa sp. (Plantain group) - MUSACEAE - inflorescence, infrutescence

Musanga cecropioides R.Br. ex Tedlie - CECROPIACEAE - leaves, male inflorescence

Mussaenda elegans Schumach. & Thonn. - RUBIACEAE

Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach. & Thonn. - RUBIACEAE

Mussaenda tenuiflora Benth. - RUBIACEAE

Myrianthus arboreus P.Beauv. - CECROPIACEAE - leaves, fruits

Nephelium lappaceum L. - SAPINDACEAE - rambutan

Nerium oleander L. - APOCYNACEAE

Newbouldia laevis (P.Beauv.) Seem. ex Bureau - BIGNONIACEAE

Nymphaea lotus L. - NYMPHAEACEAE - water lily

Ochna afzelii R.Br. ex Oliv. - OCHNACEAE

Ocimum gratissimum L. – LAMIACEAE

Odontonema strictum Kuntze - ACANTHACEAE

Omphalocarpum mortehanii De Wild. – SAPOTACEAE – flowers, fruit 1, fruits 2

Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv. - POACEAE

Oryza sativa L. - POACEAE – rice

Oxyanthus speciosus DC. - RUBIACEAE

Pachira glabra Pasquale - BOMBACACEAE - leaves + fruit, grains - Guinea peanut

Palisota ambigua (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke - COMMELINACEAE - F. Billiet - photo 2 - P. Latham

Palisota schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke - COMMELINACEAE - F. Billiet

Pandanus candelabrum P.Beauv. - PANDANACEAE

Parkia filicoidea Welw. ex Oliv. - MIMOSACEAE

Passiflora edulis Sims f. flavicarpa Degener - PASSIFLORACEAE - flower - fruiting vine, fruits - maracuja, passionfruit

Passiflora quadrangularis L. - PASSIFLORACEAE - flower, liane + fruit

Pauridiantha dewevrei (De Wild. & T.Durand) Bremek. - RUBIACEAE

Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Baker ex K.Heyne - CAESALPINIACEAE

Pentaclethra eetveldeana De Wild. & T.Durand - MIMOSACEAE

Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth. - MIMOSACEAE - pod + seeds

Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baill. - PENTADIPLANDRACEAE

Persea americana Mill. - LAURACEAE - avocado

Petersianthus macrocarpus (P.Beauv.) Liben - LECYTHIDACEAE

Petiveria alliacea L. - PHYTOLACCACEAE

Phaseolus lunatus L. – FABACEAE - pod +seeds

Physalis peruviana L. - SOLANACEAE - fruiting branch, fruit - Cape gooseberry

Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hér. - PHYTOLACCACEAE

Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redhead - CAESALPINIACEAE - leaves, fruits

Piper nigrum L. - PIPERACEAE - pepper

Piptadeniastrum africanum (Hook.f.) Brenan - MIMOSACEAE - photo 2

Pistia stratiotes L. - ARACEAE - water lettuce

Platycerium elephantotis Schweinf. - POLYPODIACEAE (Filices)

Platysepalum vanderystii De Wild. - FABACEAE

Plumbago auriculata Lam. - PLUMBAGINACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2

Plumeria rubra L. - APOCYNACEAE – frangipani

Polygala acicularis Oliv. - POLYGALACEAE

Pouchetia baumanniana Büttner - RUBIACEAE

Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum (Bull) L.Bailey - ACANTHACEAE - form 1, form 2

Pseudospondias microcarpa (A.Rich.) Engl. - ANACARDIACEAE

Psidium guajava L. - MYRTACEAE - guava

Psophocarpus scandens (Endl.) Verdc - FABACEAE - plant, flowers - African winged bean

Psorospermum febrifugum Spach - CLUSIACEAE - flowers, fruits

Psychotria calva Hiern - RUBIACEAE

Psydrax subcordata (DC.) Bridson - RUBIACEAE

Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers - BIGNONIACEAE

Quassia amara L. – SIMAROUBACEAE

Quisqualis falcata Welw. ex Hiern - COMBRETACEAE

Quisqualis indica L. – COMBRETACEAE

Raphia gentiliana De Wild. - ARECACEAE

Rauvolfia mannii Stapf - APOCYNACEAE

Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel. - APOCYNACEAE

Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn. - STRELITZIACEAE - L. Pauwels - tree2, flowers -F. Billiet - traveler's tree

Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex Hackel subsp. africanum (Müll.Arg.) J.Léonard - EUPHORBIACEAE

Ricinus communis L. - EUPHORBIACEAE

Rivina humilis L. - PHYTOLACCACEAE

Rondeletia purdei Hook.f. - RUBIACEAE

Rourea coccinea (Thonn. ex Schumach.) Benth. subsp. coccinea var. coccinea - CONNARACEAE

Roystonia regia C.F.Cook - ARECACEAE - royal palm

Ruellia tuberosa L. - ACANTHACEAE

Rumex usumbarensis (Dammer) Dammer - POLYGONACEAE

Rungia congoensis C.B.Clarke - ACANTHACEAE

Russelia equisetifolia Schlechtend. - SCROPHULARIACEAE - L. Pauwels

Rutidea olenotricha Hiern - RUBIACEAE

Rutidea smithii Hiern - RUBIACEAE

Saccharum officinarum L. - POACEAE - inflorescence - sugar cane

Salvinia molesta D.S.Mitchell - SALVINIACEAE (Filices)

Samanea leptophylla (Harms) Brenan & Brummitt - MIMOSACEAE

Sanchezia nobilis Hook.f. - ACANTHACEAE - L. Pauwels

Sapium cornutum Pax - EUPHORBIACEAE - flowers, fruits

Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E.A.Bruce - RUBIACEAE - inflorescence, composed fruits

Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Rafin. - AMARYLIDACEAE - P. Bamps

Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) S.F.Blake - CAESALPINIACEAE - leaves, flowers, fruits

Schwenckia americana L. - SOLANACEAE

Sclerosperma mannii H.Wendl. - ARECACEAE

Scoparia dulcis L. - SCROPHULARIACEAE - sweet broomweed, licorice weed

Scorodophloeus zenkeri Harms - CAESALPINIACEAE

Secamone letouzeana (H.Huber) Klack. - ASCLEPIADACEAE

Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. - CUCURBITACEAE - chayote

Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen - POLYGALACEAE

Senna alata (L.) Roxb. - CAESALPINIACEAE

Senna occidentalis (L.) Link - CAESALPINIACEAE - photo 2, photo 3

Senna siamea (Lam.) Irwin & Barneby - CAESALPINIACEAE - flowers, fruits

Senna spectabilis (DC.) Irwin & Barneby - CAESALPINIACEAE

Sericanthe roseoides (De Wild. & T.Durand) Robbr. - RUBIACEAE

Sesamum indicum L. - PEDALIACEAE - sesame

Setaria megaphylla (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz - POACEAE

Sida acuta Burm.f. – MALVACEAE

Smilax anceps Willd. - SMILACACEAE

Solanecio angulatus (Vahl) C.Jeffrey - ASTERACEAE

Solanum aethiopicum L. (Gilo group) - SOLANACEAE

Solanum aethiopicum L. (Shum group) - SOLANACEAE

Solanum macrocarpon L. - SOLANACEAE

Solenostemon monostachyus (P.Beauv.) Briq. - LAMIACEAE

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. - POACEAE - photo 2

Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv. - BIGNONIACEAE - African tulip tree

Spermacoce latifolia Aubl. - RUBIACEAE

Spondias cytherea Sonn. - ANACARDIACEAE

Spondias mombin L. - ANACARDIACEAE - hedge1, hedge2, flowers, fruits - jobo, yellow mombin

Stachytarpheta indica (L.) Vahl - VERBENACEAE

Stachytarpheta mutabilis (Jacq.) Vahl - VERBENACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2

Steganotaenia araliacea Hochst. - APIACEAE

Strychnos cocculoides Baker - LOGANIACEAE

Stylosanthes guianensis (Aubl.) Sw. var. pauciflora M.B.Ferreira & S.Costa - FABACEAE

Symphonia globulifera L.f. - CLUSIACEAE - flowers 2

Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston - MYRTACEAE - flowers, fruits

Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry - MYRTACEAE

Tabebuia impetiginosa (Mart. ex DC.) Standl. - BIGNONIACEAE

Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. - APOCYNACEAE

Tabernanthe elliptica (Stapf) Leeuwenberg - APOCYNACEAE - in Kisantu Garden

Tabernanthe iboga Baill. - APOCYNACEAE - in Kisantu Garden

Talinum frutescens (L.) A.Juss. – PORTULACACEAE

Tamarindus indica L. - CAESALPINIACEAE

Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex H.B.K. - BIGNONIACEAE - yellow trumpet flowers, yellow bells

Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach - BIGNONIACEAE

Tectona grandis L. - VERBENACEAE - fruiting tree, fruiting tree 2, flowers - teak

Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f. - FABACEAE - photo 2

Terminalia catappa L. - COMBRETACEAE - Indian almond tree

Terminalia mantaly H.Perrier - COMBRETACEAE

Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels - COMBRETACEAE - three limba trees; one kapok tree

Tetracera poggei Gilg - DILLENIACEAE

Theobroma cacao L. - STERCULIACEAE - flowers, fruits - F. Billiet

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

Thomandersia butayei De Wild. - ACANTHACEAE

Thryallis glaua (Cav.) Kuntze - MALPIGHIACEAE

Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims - ACANTHACEAE - black-eyed Susan

Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson - ACANTHACEAE

Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb. - ACANTHACEAE

Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray - ASTERACEAE - MAP - Mexican sunflower

Tithonia rotundifolia (Miller) S.E.Blake - ASTERACEAE - fleur1, fleurs2

Treculia africana Decne. - MORACEAE - African breadfruit

Trema orientalis (L.) Blume - ULMACEAE

Trichoscypha oddonii De Wild. - ANACARDIACEAE - tree, fruits

Trimezia martinicensis (Jacq.) Herb.- IRIDACEAE

Triumfetta cordifolia A.Rich. – TILIACEAE

Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. - TILIACEAE

Urena lobata L. - MALVACEAE

Usteria guineensis Willd. - LOGANIACEAE

Uvaria brevistipitata De Wild. - ANNONACEAE

Uvaria poggei Engl. & Diels - ANNONACEAE

Uvaria scabrida Oliv. - ANNONACEAE

Vernonia amygdalina Del. - ASTERACEAE - bitter leaf

Vernonia conferta Benth. - ASTERACEAE

Vernonia potamophila Klatt – ASTERACEAE

Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc. - FABACEAE - plant, seeds - Bambara groundnut

Vitex madiensis Oliv. - VERBENACEAE

Voacanga africana Stapf - APOCYNACEAE - flowers

Voacanga thouarsii Roem. & Schult. - APOCYNACEAE

Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc. - ASTERACEAE - creeping daisy

Whitfieldia elongata (P.Beauv.) De Wild. & T.Durand - ACANTHACEAE

Xanthosoma mafaffa Schott - ARACEAE - cocoyams

Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A.Rich. - ANNONACEAE - leaves, fruits - Guinea pepper, negro pepper

Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) Waterman - RUTACEAE

Zea mays L. - POACEAE - maize, corn

Zephyranthes grandiflora Lindl. - AMARYLLIDACEAE

last update 1/09/2005