Collections made by Otto Leistner

Herbaceous climber. Flowers pink. Seeds red and black.

Herb; Notes: Altitude: about 3000 feet. Very locally, common in grassland. Erect herb, 3 - 4 feet. Flowers yellow.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, about 6 - 9 feet high. Flowers white. Occasional in Acacia giraffae savanna. Altitude about 3000 feet.

Tree; Notes: Tree 15-30' high. Dominant in savanna.

Tree; Notes: Tree 20-30 feet. Inflorescence white, globose. Altitude about 3000 feet.

Tree; Notes: Tree, about 10 feet high. Fruiting. Fairly frequent in Acacia giraffae savanna. Altitude about 3000 feet.

Tree; Notes: Tree about 15 feet high. Inflorescence yellow. Occasional. Altitude about 3000 feet.

bush; Notes: Bush on bank of Chobe; common. Much branched shrub 5 - 6'. Altitude: about 3000'.

subshrub; Notes: Rare - occasional in Acacia giraffae savanna near Linyanti. Subshrub, 2 feet. Altitude: about 3000 feet.

Graminoid. Erect culm, about 2ft. tall.

Herb; Notes: Shrubby herb, 3 feet. Flowers white.

Herb; Notes: Frequent at edge of large pool near Linyanti. Erect herb, 3 - 4 feet. Flowers yellow streaked with red.

Herb; Notes: Altitude: about 3300 feet. Dry part of marsh; very locally common. Erect herb, 1 feet. Flowers yellowish orange.

Erect culms, 2 feet 6 inches.

Notes: Common at edge of pool. Prostrate herb with long rhizomes.

Herbaceous climber.

Notes: Tree 12 - 15 feet high; fruiting. Common. Altitude: about 3000 feet.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate herb. Flower blue with white and black centre.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally abundant in Acacia giraffae savannah about 50 miles from Katima on road to Linyanti. Erect culms 1 feet and 6 inches.

Graminoid; Notes: Frequent on rock outcrop. Erect culms 1 feet and 6 inches.

Herbaceous climber. Twisting.

Perennial herb, 10 -12 inches. Flowers dirty white. Occurrence: locally common. Type of Asparagus pendulus (Oberm.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork (Holotype BNRH)

Perennial herb, 10-12 inches. Flowers dusty white.

Tree; Notes: Tree about 30 feet high. Flowers pinkish-mauve. Frequent. Quoted in: Flora of Southern Africa 16,2:37 (1977).

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 8 part 6: 114, 2015.

Erect herb, about 0.45 m high.

Low shrub, 0.46 m high. Flowers white.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub 4 - 5 feet high. Flowers white. Abundant in woodland.

Graminoid; Notes: Open grassland on rocky ridge, locally frequent. Erect culms, 2 - 3 feet. Altitude ca. 3000 feet.

2.6 ft high; Graminoid; Notes: Occasional in tall grassveld. Erect culms 2.6 feet.

3 ft high; Graminoid; Notes: Marsh, dominant in parts. Erect culms, 3 foot.

Graminoid; Notes: Abundant in old lands. Erect culms 2 feet 6 inches. Altitude: about 3000 feet.

Erect culms, 2 foot.

Herb; Notes: Altitude: about 3300 feet. Rare. Erect, decumbent herb, 1 feet 3 inches. Flowers pale purple.

8 ft high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub about 8 feet high. Fruiting. Rare.

Notes: Occasional. Woody scrambler.

Climber; Notes: Occasional on shrubs near marsh. Herbaceous climber. Flowers white.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally common in Acacia giraffae savannah. Erect culms, 1 feet.

Herb; Notes: Erect, branching herb. 1 - 2 feet high. Flowers mauve. Occurring occasional in disturbed area around village. Altitude about 3000 feet.

Notes: Herbaceous twiner. Flowers greenish yellow.

Notes: Occasional in forest. Herbaceous twiner. Flowers white with mauve spots.

Notes: Rare in burnt woodland. Sub-erect herb, 2'. Flowers yellow and red.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally common under large tree. Erect culms, 4 - 5 feet.

Notes: Terminalia woodland rare. Erect herb, 1 feet 9 inches. Flowers white. Altitude about 3300 feet.

Notes: On shrubs at edge of marsh; occasional, herbaceous climber.

Herbaceous climber, flowers pinkish yellow.

Climber; Notes: Rare in woodland. Herbaceous climber. Fruiting.

Tree; 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.

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Altitude: about 3000'. Moist parts of woodland, frequent. Shrub or tree, 10'.

Tree; Notes: Frequent in woodland. Tree, 35'.

Herb; Notes: Occasional in Mopane woodland, 9 miles north of Ngoma. Sub-erect, perennial herb, 2'. Flowers yellow.

Herbaceous climber. Flowers white.

Tree; Notes: Mopane veld; rare to occasional; tree 20 feet.

Tree; Notes: Occasional in woodland. Tree 12-15 feet. Fruiting.

Tree; Notes: Occasional in woodland. Tree 15 feet; fruiting.

Climber; Notes: Forest. Rare. Herbaceous climber. Flowers yellow.

Herb; Notes: Erect herb, flowers yellow. Disturbed areas near cultivated fields; frequent.

Shrub 10 feet. Fruit orange.

Erect herb, 6 inches high. Flowers white.

Herb; Notes: Locally common in mopane woodland. Prostrate herb, 3 - 5 feet. Flowers blue with white edging and yellow honey guides.

Shrub; Notes: Occasional, fairly frequent in woodland. Shrub 6 - 10'. Fruiting.

Notes: Rare - occasional in marsh, 1'3''. Flowers pink.

Graminoid; Notes: Often dominant in tall grassveld. Erect culms, 4 - 5 feet. Altitude: 3000 feet.

Graminoid; Notes: Semi erect culms, 10 inches.

Notes: Suberect culms, 1 feet 3 inches.Fairly frequent in disturbed village of Mpala.

Notes: Common in Mopane Woodland, 9 miles north of Ngoma. Erect culms, 2 feet.

Shrub; Notes: Dense woodland, locally abundant. Straggling shrub, 6 feet.

Herb; Notes: Creeping herb. Flowers pale cobalt violet. Locally common. Occurs in open parts of a grassland. Altitude about 3000 feet. Quoted in:Ihlenfeldt (1988) : FZ 8,3.

Graminoid; Notes: Very rare in grassland. Erect culms, 3 feet. Altitude: ca 3000 feet.

Shrub; Notes: Occasional in Acacia giraffae savanna. Shrub, 8 feet. Flowers mauve and yellow.

9 in high; Graminoid; Notes: Frequent on banks. Half erect culms, 9 inches - 1 foot 3inches.

Notes: Occasional in woodland. Altitude: about 3000'.

Tree; Notes: Woodland; occasional; tree, 15-20 feet.

Suffrutex, 2 feet and 6 inches high.

Graminoid; Notes: Marsh; locally common. Culms erect. Altitude: about 3000 feet.

18 in high; Herb; Notes: Occasional in forest. erect herbs 18 inches. Flowers terminal, brownish red.

Notes: Common in marsh. Erect culms, 4 - 8 inches. Altitude about 3300 feet.

Notes: Fairly common at edge of marsh. Erect culms, 1 feet 3 inches.

Graminoid; Notes: Erect culms about 3 feet. Very locally common in forest and on road to Katima.

Culms erect. Grass ca. 3 feet 6 inches tall.

Graminoid; Notes: Occasional in disturbed parts of Acacia giraffae savannah near Linyanti. Erect culms, 1 feet 6 inches.

Graminoid; Notes: Erect culms, 3 feet. Locally common in woodland. In WIND as Eragrostis trichophora

16 in high; Notes: Grassveld near marsh; very locally common. Erect culms, 16 inches high.

4 ft high; Graminoid; Notes: Edge of marsh; locally common. Erect culms; 4 feet. Quoted in: Grasses of South Africa 151: (1990).

Graminoid; Notes: Locally frequent at edge of marsh. Erect culms, 3 feet.

4 ft high; Graminoid; Notes: Frequent at edge of marsh. Erect culms, 3 feet.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally common in moist depressions in old lands. Erect culms, 3 feet. Altitude: 3000 feet.

Graminoid; Notes: Abundant in Acacia giraffae, savannah. Erect culms, 3 feet.

Notes: Occasional on trees in Acacia giraffae savannah; woody parasite. Flowers dirty yellow.

Herb; Notes: Decumbent herb, ca. 2 feet, 6 inches. The flower heads are a pale purple colour. Abundant in open patches between trees. About 3000 feet.

Herb; Notes: Locally frequent at the edge of the marsh. Decument herb, about 3 feet high. Altitude about 3000feet

Shrub; Notes: Woodland; rare shrub, 5 - 6 feet; flowers yellow. Altitude: about 3000 feet.

Herb; Notes: Altitude: about 3000 feet. Grassland, locally common. Erect herb, 9 inches. Flowers white and red.

Herb; Notes: Very rare. Erect herb, 2'. Altitude: about 3000'.

Notes: Occasional shrub, 3 feet, fruit red.

Notes: Marsh, common. Erect culms, 2 - 3 feet. Altitude about 3300 feet.

Notes: Marsh; locally common. Erect culms, 3 feet. Altitude about 3000 feet. Quoted in: South African Journal of Botany 52 (3) : 238 (1986) as Fuirena obcordata P.L.Forbes by P.L.Forbes.

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Altitude: about 3000 feet. Occasional in woodland. Shrub/tree, 12 feet.

Herb; Notes: Tall grassveld. Locally common. Erect herb, 3 - 4 feet. Flowers pink.

Herb; Notes: Fairly common in Acacia giraffae savannah, shrubby herb, 3-4 feet. Flowers yellow.

Herb; Notes: Rare in Acacia giraffae grassveld. Erect herb, 3 feet. Flowers pale yellow. Corr.nom. S.B. 22/4/2002.

Herb; Notes: Frequent among boulders on banks of Chobe river. Decumbent herb, 1 foot. Heads yellow. Altitude, about 5000 feet.

Shrub; Notes: Occasional in woodland, shrub, 3 - 4 feet. Flowers yellow.

Shrub; Notes: Altitude: 3000'. Woodland, rare, shrub, 5 feet, flowers white.

Shrub; Notes: Altitude: about 3000'. Occasional in woodland. Shrub, 6 feet, flowers yellow.

Tree; Notes: Frequently in tall woodland. Tall tree 40. Quoted in Flora of Southern Africa 16,2: 22 (1977) by J. H. Ross.

Decumbent, branched herb 60 cm high. Flowers blue.

Herb; Creeper; Notes: In woodland. Altitude: about 3000 feet. Creeping herb. Flowers pink. Occasional.Quoted in:Mitt. Staatsinst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 13:63 (1970) as Harpagophytum zeyheri Decne. subsp. sublobatum (Engl.) Ihlenf. & H.E.K.Hartmann.

Erect herb, about 0.50 m high. Flowers pale purple.

3.6 feet high.

Erect culms, 1 feet 6 inches - 2 feet.

Herb; Notes: Altitude: about 3000 feet. Woodland. Very locally common. Erect herb, 2 feet. Flowers red.

Herb; Notes: Occasional in grassland. Erect herb, 3 inches. Flowers white. Altitude about 3000 feet.

Woody scrambler; rare.

Scrambler; Notes: Rare in dense bush; woody scrambler.

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 2 part 2:415 (1966). Woody climber; rare

Climber; Notes: Rare in woodland; woody climber.

Creeping herb with erect inflorescences, 4-5 ' long.

Herb. Prostrate, carpet-forming herb. Flowers purplish blue.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally dominant in tall grassveld. Erect culms, 4 - 5 inches. Quoted in Kew Bull.Addit.Ser 11 (1969):97 as H. filipendula (Hochst.) Stapf var. filipendula.

5 ft high; Shrub; Notes: Virgate shrub, about 5 feet high. Growing in woodland.

Herb; Notes: Decumbent herb. Flowers pink. Growing in moist parts of Mopane veld. Locally frequent.

Herb; Notes: Altitude: about 3000'. Disturbed area surrounding village, fairly frequent. Semi-prostrate herb; flowers white.

Herb; Notes: Locally frequent in short grassland, on moist, sandy flat. Erect herb, 6 ''. Flowers white, pale purple on outside of tube.

Herb; Notes: Disturbed areas near fields, occasional. Prostrate herb, flowers white.

Herb; Notes: Rare in Mopani woodland. Prostrate herb. Flowers pinkish mauve.

Herb; Notes: Decumbent, viscid aromatic herb, 1 feet and 3 inches. Flowers yellow. Locally frequent in Terminalia woodland.

More-or-less prostrate herb. Flowers white.

Herbaceous climber; flowers cream.

Herb; Notes: Erect herb, 3 feet, flowers white. Occasional.

Herb; Notes: Locally common. Erect herb, 3-5 feet. Flowers white. Altitude about 2000 feet.

Shrub; Notes: Occasional, under trees in Acacia giraffae savanna. Herbaceous shrub, 3 - 4'. Flowers pale purple.

Notes: Locally common. Procumbent herb, 6'.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally common in dense bush. Erect culms, about 1 feet - 1 feet 3 inches. Altitude: 3000 feet.

Notes: Locally common in short grassland on moist sandy flat. Erect herb 5 - 12 inches, flowers green with white margin to petals.

Cited in Kirkia volume 5 part 1: 12 (Wild, 1965)

Decumbent herb, 45 cm high. Flowers blue.

Herb; Notes: Succulent herb, 9'' - 1'6''. Flowers yellow. Altitude: about 3 000'.

Herb; Notes: Erect herb, 2 feet high. flowers purple.

Graminoid. Half erect culms, about 60.96 cm.

Graminoid; Notes: Erect culms, 6 - 12 inches. Locally abundant in Mopane woodland 9 miles north of Ngoma.

Climber; Notes: Common in woodland. Herbaceous climber. Flowers cream.

Erect culms, 2 feet 6 inches.

4 ft high; Shrub; Notes: locally common, flowers female. Quoted in Bothalia 10:9 (1969). Corr. nom.: S. Rgheimer 5.2007.

Herb; Notes: Decumbent herb, 4 - 9 inches.

Herb; Notes: Altitude: about 3000 feet. Locally common, decumbent herb, 9 inches, flowers orange.

Hydrophyte; Notes: Common. Floating aquatic rooting in mud. Flowers white.

Shrub; Notes: 2 feet. Shrub. Altitude about 3300 feet.

Notes: Occasional in Acacia giraffae savannah. Shrubby herb, 3 feet. Flowers mauve.

Herb; Notes: Erect herb, 6 - 12 inches. Flowers white. Edge of marsh, locally common.

10 ft high; Shrub; Notes: Scrambling shrub, about 10 feet high. Fruiting. Fairly frequent. Altitude about 3000ft.

Notes: Wings narrow, with 2 prickles (or lobes) on each wing. Mopane area. Frequent in Mopane woodland. Erect herb, 1 feet and 3 inches. Flowers white.

Tree; Notes: Abundant in Woodland. Small tree, 4-10 feet. Flowers white-cream.

Graminoid; Notes: Periphery of large pool in mash; frequent to abundant. Aquatic grass with submerged inflorescence.

Shrub; Notes: Dense woodland; occasional; shrub 4 feet; flowers yellow.

Graminoid. Erect, culms, up to 3 feet in height.

Tree; Notes: Altitude: about 3000 feet. Dense bush, occasional. Slender tree, 12'. Flowers dirty white.

Shrub; Notes: Occasional in Acacia giraffae, savanna, shrub 4 feet high. Flowers greenish pink. In WIND still under Pavetta zeyheri

Herb; Notes: Occasional in open parts of woodland. Erect herb, 3 - 4 feet. Flowers white.

Shrub; Herb; Notes: Flowers yellow with red centres. Shrubby herb, 3 feet. Occasional in open part of woodland. Altitude about 3000 feet.

Tree; Notes: Rare, near marsh. Tree, 15' high.

Climber; Notes: Occasional in Acacia giraffae savannah. Herbaceous climber. Flowers white.

Herb; Notes: Altitude: about 3000 feet. Rare among boulders of rapids in Chobe River. Weak growing herb. Flowers pale blue.

Climber; Notes: Occasional in Acacia giraffae savannah. Herbaceous climber. Flowers cream.

Tree; Notes: Palm, 15 - 20 feet high. Common. Altitude about 3000 feet.

Cited in Flora Zambesiaca volume 8 part 7: 43, 2005

Herb; Notes: Locally abundant in Acacia giraffae savannah. Prostrate herb, rooting at nodes. Flowers white-mauve.

Notes: Disturbed area surrounding village; common. Erect herb, 1'3''. Altitude: about 3000 feet.

Tree; Notes: Tree 20 - 25 feet high. Flowers white. Rare.

Shrub; Notes: Rare in woodland; woody scrambler/shrub 12 feet high.

Climber; Notes: Occasional on banks of Chobe river. Woody climber. Seeds red.

Graminoid. Erect culms.

Notes: Edge of marsh; occasional. Half erect culms, 10 inches. Corr. nom.: EK 19.03.2004.

Notes: In marsh, common. Erect culms, 3 feet 6 inches - 4 feet. Altitude about 3300 feet.

Notes: Woodland. Rare to occasional. Shrub, 7', sterile. Altitude: 3000'.

Herb; Notes: Very locally abundant in marsh (dry parts); erect herb, 2-4 inches; flowers white.

Herb; Notes: Erect herb, 3-4 feet high. Flowers pink.

erect annual herb, 3-4'; flowers white tinged cobalt-violet

Herb; Notes: Erect, annual herb, 3-4 feet high. Flowers white tinged with cobalt violet.

Graminoid. Erect culms, 9 inches - 2 feet.

Graminoid. Erect culms.

Graminoid. Erect culms, 4 - 5 feet.

Herb; Notes: Shrubby herb, 2'. Flowers white.

Herb; Notes: Locally abundant. Erect herb, 2 feet. Flowers pink. Altitude: about 3300 feet.

Erect culms, 2 feet 6 inches.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally frequent in moist depressions in woodland. Erect culms, 4 feet 6 inches.

3 ft high; Graminoid; Notes: Locally abundant in moist depressions in old lands. Erect culms, 3 feet.

4 ft high; Graminoid; Notes: Fairly frequent. Erect culms, 4 feet.

Graminoid; Notes: Erect culms, 9 - 12 inches.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally frequent in Acacia giraffae savanna. Erect culms, 2 feet.

Tree; Notes: Tree 12 - 15 feet high. Fruiting. Occasional.

12 ft high; Tree; Notes: Tree about 12 feet high. Fruiting. Growing in woodland. Rare.

Notes: Altitude: about 3300'. Edge of marsh; rare. Shrub, 4 - 6'. Flowers red.

Climber; Notes: Occasional. Herbaceous climber. Flowers white.

Herb; Notes: Woodland, occasional. Shrubby herb, 2 feet 6 inches.

Herb; Notes: Occasional in Acacia giraffae savanna. Diffuse herb, 2'. Flowers red. In WIND as Tephrosia semiglabra.

Tree; Notes: Tree; 20 -25 feet high.

Tree; Notes: Tree 30 feet high. Fruit red.

Tree; Notes: Tree 15 feet.

Erect culms. 2 feet 6 inches.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 20; flowers yellow.

Erect culms 4 inches.

Tree; Notes: Locally common. Tree, 30', sterile.

Graminoid; Notes: Fairly frequent between cultivated fields. Erect culms, 2 - 3 foot. Altitude: 3300 feet. Quoted in Bibl. Bot. 138:143 (1988).

Graminoid; Notes: Locally common in tall grassveld. Erect culms, about 2 feet.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally abundant on rocky outcrops. erect culms, about 6''. Quoted in: Kew Bull. 25:303 (1971) by L.M. Phillips & E. Launert.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally frequent at the edge of a large pool near Linyanti. Erect culms, about 2 feet high. Altitude: about 3000 feet.

Graminoid. Erect culms, 2 feet tall.

Hydrophyte; Notes: Abundant. Submerged aquatic. Flowers yellow.

Notes: Occasional in woodlands. Suffrutex 4-5 feet. The heads are white and mauve.

Graminoid; Notes: Locally dominant at edge of marsh. Erect culms, about 2 feet high. Quoted in: Smook: Grasses of Southern Africa: 356 (1990)