Colophospermum mopane (Benth.) J. Léonard

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Records of this taxon from Caprivi are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number    No of images    Record date    Recorder(s)    Coll.    Det.    Conf.    Herbaria    Habitat    Location    Loc code(s)    Outing code    Planted code    Country    QDS    Grid ref.    FZ Div    Alt. (m)    Notes    Lat    Long    Loc Acc Code   
9236906 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed woodland on Kalahari sandC49 layby South of Mudumu National Park0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B1 949-18.19679023.5111307
9235606 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside Mopani woodlandC49 in Mudumu National Park2050Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A2 952-18.14652023.4447907
9221305 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside vergeC8 about 60 km West of Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D4 952-17.76140023.8252407
9217605 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside vergeC8 between Katima Mulilo and Kongola at turn-off to Kaenda0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D2 956-17.71548023.9642607
9199804 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed area next to roadC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1824A1 935-18.02194024.0529107
9204404 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside secondary scrub, dry mixed decidious woodlandC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B2 934-18.08854023.9856007
9207104 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside secondary scrub, dry mixed decidious woodlandC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B2 934-18.08854023.9856007
9166402 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed woodlandZambezi Private School area, 3 km from Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724A4 940-17.49679024.3171507
9172502 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside in mixed woodlandRoad from Katima Mulilo to Zambian border0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724A4 947-17.49682024.2604407
9177302 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
RoadsideRoad from Katima Mulilo to Zambian border, sideroad0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724A3 941-17.48503724.2494507
91456131 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Next to road in disturbed areaB8 to Ngoma, Bukalo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D1 933-17.72510024.5245407
91580231 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Wooded grassland on kalahari sand, next to roadD3508 Kalimbeza rd just after turnoff from B80Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C2 936-17.55742024.3588307
91562031 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed mopane woodlandB8 to Ngoma0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 932-17.86374024.6591107
91258028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Secondary mixed woodland with Mopane and AcaciaB8 West of Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D4 968-17.78959023.7742207
95434024 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch
1830
S Rügheimer
WIND

Caprivi: Caprivi strip, Omuramba East of Divundu.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A2 10218 m high; Tree; Notes: Many-stemmed tree, 8 m high. Trunk grey, bark finely fissured. Leaves bifoliolate, green, tough. Flowers small, pale yellow, in terminal racemes, sepals pale lime green. Common in Omuramba. Thick bush.-18.01694022.3063902
95485022 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes
1194
D Lutombi
WIND

Caprivi: Omega; at Namibia- Botswana border.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822B2 9752 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 2m high. Leaves: paired, leaflets leathery, 8-10 veined.-18.02472022.9516702
93079020 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes
1133
MM Hochobes
WIND

Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; side road going to Angola border, from Divundu-Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C3 10573 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3m high. Leaves: split into 2 leaflets and joined at the bases, where attached to petiole. Stem: brown.-17.96528022.1033305
9563604 Nov 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis
1324
BA Curtis
WIND

Caprivi: Mamili National Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B3 080 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 80 cm high. All have new floppy, reddish-golden leaves. Broken by elephants, occasional on floodplain, all have been broken to this height.-18.34611023.6613902
94481027 Feb 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis
669
C Mannheimer
WIND

Caprivi: Site M4. Bukalo area.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D1 010 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 10 m high. Mopane woodland.-17.71611024.5461104
9555702 Dec 1990GL Maggs
GL Maggs
887
GL Maggs
WIND

Caprivi: E Caprivi. Mvubu camp, on bank of Kwando River back-water, near Balelwa.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A2 0Tree; Notes: Tall tree, plentiful. Ethnobotanical Voucher Specimen: Mopani (Lozi) wood for building. Bark used for twine. Cataepillars (mahangu) cleaned, dried in the sun, fried and eaten as relish.-18.12500023.3750002
94611010 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
200
GL Maggs
WIND

Caprivi: Near Ngoma: in Terminalia sericea woodland.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0Tree; Notes: Tall tree, 8 m high. Bark dark grey, deeply fluted; young branchlets rust-brown, glabrous. Leaves alternate, bilobed; leaflets somewhat folded, drooping, elongate deltoid - falcate in outline dull olive-green, glabrous, dotted with pellucid glands, 60 x 20 mm, third leaflet rudimentary, base oblique, apex acute, margin entire, main vein from base. Flowers in short axillary racemes, pale-green, small: 6 - 8 mm in diameter; petals lacking; sepals broadly ovate; stamens numerous, well exerted. Fruit a pod, flattened, reniform, coriaceous, red-coloured, glandular and viscous, aromatic = resinous. Seed flattened, glandular.-17.87500024.6250004
94817012 Jan 1959DJB Killick
OA Leistner
DJB Killick
OA Leistner
3338
WIND

Caprivi: Mpilila Island.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3 930Tree; Notes: Dominant in Mopani veld. Tree, 20-30. Flowers yellow-green with red ovary. Quoted in Flora of Southern Africa 16,2:19 (1977) J. H. Ross.-17.78330025.2075005

Total records found: 22



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Records of: Colophospermum mopane.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=126560, retrieved 8 April 2025

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