Collections made by Coleen Mannheimer

2500 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Exposure: semi-shade. Perennial. Common. Leaves: large, obovate, alternate, dark glossy green above, hairy below, with leathery texture. Stems and bark: no latex. Fruits: small berries as long as terminal inflorescences. Other: shrub with drooping branches growing in shade of Terminalia sericea.

Creeper; Notes: In dark grey sandy soil. Exposure: semi-shade. Uncommon. Flowers: in axillary and terminal sprays; petals 4, creamy-white, anthers numerous; very attractive, with lovely perfume. Leaves: compound, imparipinnate, serrate - crenate and lobed. Branches opposite.

1000 cm high; Tree; Notes: Exposure: semi-shade. Perennial. Slender tree. Uncommon. Flowers: ovary inferior. Leaves: ovate, pubescent, with distinct venation below. Fruits are berries in terminal clusters, green becoming black when ripe, with small persistent calyx.

1500 cm high; Tree; Notes: Tree. Height: 1500 cm. Leaves: ovate lanceolate, glabrous, dark green, leathery, fascicled. Stems and bark: twigs opposite. Fruits and seed: in small axillary and terminal clusters. Hard green berries, ovate with pointed tip. Ovary does not seem to be inferior. Fulls un, occasional.

First record for Namibia.

Geophyte growing between grasses, height 0.25-0.30 m. Corm elongate-cylindrical. Flowers mature, carried in terminal raceme, white, with long spur. Fruit not seen.

170 cm high; Notes: Exposure: full sun. Annual. Localized. Flowers: quite small for Hibiscus, creamy yellow, 4 cm in diameter when open; centre dark purple. Calyx glandular. Epicalyx lobes appear to be 7. Leaves: 3-lobed. Other: erect, sturdy annual.

Notes: In sandy shallow depression next to seasonal pan.

800 cm high; Tree; Notes: Perennial tree, 800 cm high. Leaves: 5-veined from just above base. Fruits and seed: fruit deep purple-black, ripe. Other: trees 8-10 m tall, all seed was collected from a single tree. Very attractive tree. Occasional.

1000 cm high; Tree; Notes: Occurrence: common. Leaves: obovate, tapering at base, rounded apex, fascicled on side - shoots, dark green. Young leaves a bit puberulous, even a bit ciliate at the margin. Fruits and seed: seeds winged, ripe, squarish in outline, red becoming brown.