PHOTOS of FLOWERS and PLANTS from BAS-CONGO (D.R. Congo -
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
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
Paul Latham,
paullatham36@btinternet.com - Luc Pauwels, l_pauwels@telenet.be
TOP - A - An - B- C - Ch - Co
- D - E - F - G - H- I - J - K - L - M-
Mi - N - O - P - Q - R - S - Si - T - U - V - W - X - Z
Abelmoschu s esculentus (L.) Moench
- MALVACEAE - okra
Abrus precatorius L. - FABACEAE - plant, seeds
Acalypha godseffiana Mast. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Acalypha hispida Burm.f. - EUPHORBIACEAE - cat's tail
Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze - ASTERACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Acanthospermum
hispidum DC. - ASTERACEAE
Acanthus montanus (Nees) T.Anderson -
ACANTHACEAE - leaves, flowers, flowers 2
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.)
Engl. - PASSIFLORACEAE
Aeschynomene americana L. - FABACEAE
Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guill.
& Perr.) Taub. - FABACEAE
Aframomum alboviolaceum (Ridley) K.Schum.
- ZINGIBERACEAE - flower, fruit at the left side
Aframomum angustifolium (Sonnerat)
K.Schum. - ZINGIBERACEAE - fruit at the right side,
fruits, leaves, fruits
Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum.
- ZINGIBERACEAE - grains of paradise
Afrostyrax lepidophyllus
Mildbr. - HUACEAE - seeds enveloped in
endocarp
Agathis dammara (Lamb.) Rich. & A.Rich. - ARAUCARIACEAE - leaves
Aiphanes aculeata Willd. -
ARECACEAE - tree, flowers + fruits
Albizia adianthifolia (Schum.) W.Wight - MIMOSACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merril - MIMOSACEAE - flowers, pods
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. - MIMOSACEAE - flowers, fruits
Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach.
& Thonn.) Müll.Arg. -
EUPHORBIACEAE - photo
2, photo 3
Alchornea hirtella Benth. -
EUPHORBIACEAE
Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. - EUPHORBIACEAE - candle-nut, varnish tree
Allamanda cathartica L. - APOCYNACEAE - yellow allamanda
Allamanda schottii Pohl. - APOCYNACEAE - flower
Allanblackia floribunda Oliv. - CLUSIACEAE - leaves, fruit
Allium fistulosum L. - ALLIACEAE - Welsh onion
Aloe buettneri
A.Berger - syn. Aloe congolensis De Wild. & T.Durand
- ASPHODELACEAE - plant,
plant 2, flowers - ba di nseke
Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.
- ALOACEAE - plant 2,
flowers
Alstonia congensis Engl. - APOCYNACEAE - tree, flowers
Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell. - AMARANTHACEAE
Amaranthus cruentus L. - AMARANTHACEAE
TOP - An
Anacardium occidentale L. - ANACARDIACEAE - fruiting
branch - F. Billiet, fruit - P. Bamps
- cashew nut
Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.
- BROMELIACEAE - pineapple
Anisophyllea quangensis Engl. - ANISOPHYLLEACEAE
Annona muricata
L. - ANNONACEAE - photo 2- soursop
Annona senegalensis Pers. subsp. oulotricha Le Thomas - ANNONACEAE
Annona stenophylla Engl. & Diels subsp. cuneata (Oliv.) N.Robson - ANNONACEAE
Annona squamosa L. - ANNONACEAE - fruit 1, fruit 2
Anonidium mannii (Oliv.)
Engl. & Diels - ANNONACEAE - tree, fruit 1, fruit 2
Ansellia africana Lindl. -
ORCHIDACEAE - flowers
1, flowers 2
Anthocleista liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand
- LOGANIACEAE
Anthonotha macrophylla
P.Beauv. - CAESALPINIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3
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
Argocoffeopsis eketensis (Wern.) Robbr. - RUBIACEAE - flowers
Asclepias curassavica L. - ASCLEPIADACEAE - photo 2 -
scarlet milkweed, bloodflower
Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth) Baker - LILIACEAE (aussi : ASPARAGACEAE)
Asystasia vogeliana Benth. -
ACANTHACEAE
Averrhoa carambola L. - OXALIDACEAE - flowers, flowers 2, fruits 1,
fruits 2 - carambola
Azadirachta indica A.Juss. - MELIACEAE
- neem
TOP - B
Barteria nigritiana Hook. f. subsp. fistulosa
(Mast.) Sleumer - PASSIFLORACEAE - tree, flowers
Basella alba L. - BASELLACEAE - leaves, fruits -
Ceylon spinach
Bauhinia monandra Kurz - CAESALPINIACEAE
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
Bertholletia excelsa Humb. &Bonpl. -
LECYTHIDACEAE - bark + leaves,
flowers,
opened pod
- Brazil nut
Bertiera congolana De Wild. & T.Durand
- RUBIACEAE
Bidens oligoflora (Klatt) Wild - ASTERACEAE
Bidens pilosa L. - ASTERACEAE - Spanish needles
Bixa orellana L. - BIXACEAE - flowers + fruits, fruits, seeds
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich. - URTICACEAE
Boerhavia diffusa L. - NYCTAGINACEAE
Boerhavia diffusa L. var. acutifolia Choisy
- NYCTAGINACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Borassus aethiopum Mart. - ARECACEAE - tree, male inflorescences, fruits
Bougainvillea glabra Chois. - NYCTAGINACEAE
Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd. - NYCTAGINACREAE
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 X candida Pers. - SOLANACEAE - bush, flower -
angel's trumpet
Buchholzia tholloniana Hua - CAPPARIDACEAE - flowers,
fruit
Burkea africana Hook. - CAESALPINIACEAE - leaves
TOP - C
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. - CAESALPINIACEAE -
flowers 2
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. - FABACEAE - pigeonpea
Calea urticifolia
(Miller) DC. - ASTERACEAE - photo 2
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 - tree, flowers, fruits - ylang-ylang
Canarium schweinfurthii Engl. - BURSERACEAE - tree, fruits
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. -
FABACEAE - flowers,
pods, seeds - sword bean
Canna indica L. - CANNACEAE - Indian shot
Cannabis sativa L. - CANNABACEAE - hemp, marijuana
Capsicum frutescens L. - SOLANACEAE
Carapa procera DC. - MELIACEAE - leaves, fruit, seeds
Carica papaya L. - CARICACEAE - male flowers, fruiting tree
- papaya
Caryota mitis Lour. - ARECACEAE -
fruiting tree - clustering fishtail palm
Casuarina equisetifolia L. - CASUARINACEAE - infrutescences, twigs, fruiting tree, tree 2 - Australian pine, horsetail tree,
filao
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don - APOCYNACEAE - other form -
Madagascar periwinkle
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. - BOMBACACEAE - tree in flooded Inkisi
plain, spiny trunk,
flowers , immature fruit
- kapok tree
Celosia argentea L. - AMARANTHACEAE
Centrosema pubescens Benth. -
FABACEAE
Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brogn. - PARKERIACEAE (Filices) - water sprite
TOP - Ch
Chaetocarpus africanus Pax - EUPHORBIACEAE - flowers,
fruits
Chamaecrista kirkii (Oliv.) Standley
var. guineensis Steyaert
- CAESALPINIACEAE
Chassalia pauwelsii Lachenaud
- RUBIACEAE
Chenopodium ambrosioides L. - CHENOPODIACEAE
Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Jacques - ANTHERICACEAE
Chlorophytum stolzii (K.Krause) Kativu -
ANTHERICACEAE - bulb, flowers
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.King & H.Robinson - ASTERACEAE -
Siam weed
Chytranthus stenophyllus Gilg - SAPINDACEAE -
leaves 1, leaves 2, flowers, fruits
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 - photo 2, photo 3
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
Clitandra cymulosa Benth. -
APOCYNACEAE
Cnestis corniculata
Lam.. - CONNARACEAE - flowers, fruits
syn. C. iomalla Gilg
Cnestis ferruginea Vahl ex
DC. - CONNARACEAE - fruits, fruits2
TOP - Co
Cochlospermum angolense Welw. ex
Oliv. - COCHLOSPERMACEAE - tree, flowers, fruit - P. Bamps
Coccinia barteri (Hook.f.)
Keay - CUCURBITACEAE - photo 1,
photo 2
Cocos nucifera
L. - ARECACEAE - photo 1,
photo 2
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
Colletoecima tortistilum (K.Schum.) Ntore & O.Lachenaud –
RUBIACEAE
syn.
C dewevrei (De Wild.) Petits
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott - ARACEAE - taro
Combretum celastroides Welw. ex
M.A.Lawson subsp. laxiflorum
(Welw. ex M.A.Lawson) Exell
- COMBRETACEAE
Combretum latialatum Engl. - COMBRETACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Combretum paniculatum Vent. - COMBRETACEAE - F. Billiet
Combretum psidioides Welw. - COMBRETACEAE
Combretum racemosum
P.Beauv. - COMBRETACEAE
Commelina diffusa Burm.f. - COMMELINACEAE - photo 2
Congea
velutina Wight - VERBENACEAE - photo 2
Conyza sumatrensis
(Retz.) E.Walker - ASTERACEAE
Corchorus olitorius
L. - TILIACEAE
Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev. - AGAVACEAE - plant 2, flowers
Cosmos sulfureus Cav.
- ASTERACEAE
Costus afer Ker Gawl. - COSTACEAE - F. Billiet
- photo 2
Costus dubius
De Wild. & T.Durand - COSTACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
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
Crinum natans Baker - AMARYLLIDACEAE
Crinum ornatum (L.) L. - AMARYLLIDACEAE
Crossopteryx febrifuga (Afzel.
ex G.Don) Benth. - RUBIACEAE
Crotalaria ononoides Benth. - FABACEAE - photo 2, photo 3
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 - photo
2
Cycas circinalis L. - CYCADACEAE - male cone, female cone
Cycas revoluta Thunb. -
CYCADACEAE - leaves deployment : stade 1, stade 2, stade 3, stade 4; male 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
TOP - D
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 -
flowers 2
Datura metel L. - SOLANACEAE
Davallia chaerophylloides
(Poir.) Steud. - DAVALLIACEAE (Filices)
Delonix regia
(Bojer ex Hook.) Raf. - CAESALPINIACEAE - flamboyant
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC. - FABACEAE
Desmodium velutinum (Willd.)
DC. - FABACEAE - flowers, fruits
Dialium englerianum Henriquès
- CAESALPINIACEAE
Dialium dinklagei Harms - CAESALPINIACEAE
Dichaetanthera africana (Hook.f.)
Jacq.-Fél. - MELASTOMATACEAE - photo 2, photo 3
Dichaetanthera strigosa (Cogn.) 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 - female flowers -
winged yam
Dioscorea alata L.
‘mbungu-menga’ - DIOSCOREACEAE - tuber with purple flesh - meal
Dioscorea bulbifera L. - DIOSCOREACEAE : vine, bulbils
- air potato
Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth)
Pax - DIOSCOREACEAE - male flowers
Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich. -
DIOSCOREACEAE
Dioscoreophyllum volkensii Engl. - MENISPERMACEAE
Diplorhynchus condylocarpon (Müll.Arg.)
Pichon - APOCYNACEAE - photo 2
Dipteropeltis poranoides Hall.f. -
CONVOLVULACEAE - habit, flowers
Dissotis brazzae Cogn. - MELASTOMATACEAE
Dissotis senegambiensis (Guill. & Perr.)
Triana var. senegambiensis - MELASTOMATACEAE
Dorstenia psilurus Welw. -
MORACEAE - stem + roots, flowers
Dracaena aubryana Brongn. ex E.Morren
- ASPARAGACEAE - photo 1,
photo 2
Dracaena braunii Engl. - syn. D. sanderiana Sander - ASPARAGACEAE - photo
Dracaena mannii Baker - ASPARAGACEAE - flowers, fruits
Dracaena marginata
Lam. - ASPARAGACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Dracaena surculosa Lindl. - ASPARAGACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
Dracaena surculosa var. maculata Hook.f. -
ASPARAGACEAE - photo
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult
- CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Drynaria laurentii (Christ) Hieron.
- POLYPODIACEAE (Filices)
Duranta erecta L. - VERBENACEAE - flowers, fruits
Dypsis lutescens (H.Wendl.) Beentje & Dransf. - photo 1, photo 2, photo 3 -
golden cane palm
syn. Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H.Wendl.
TOP - E
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 - photo 2
Encephalartos laurentianus De Wild. - ZAMIACEAE - tree in Kisantu Garden, male cones, female cone,
seeds
Encephalartos poggei Aschers. - ZAMIACEAE - female cone
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.)
Cheesm. - MUSACEAE - plant, dry inflorescence, fruits
Epiphyllum crenatum (Kunth)
DC.- CACTACEAE
Episcia reptans Mart. - GESNERIACEAE
Eremospatha haullevilleana De Wild. - ARECACEAE
Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. - ROSACEAE - flowers,
fruits - nèflier du Japon
Eriosema psoraleoides
(Lam.) G.Don - FABACEAE
Erythrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC. - FABACEAE
Erythrina crista-galli L. - FABACEAE
Etlingera elatior (Jack) R.M.Sm.
- ZINGIBERACEAE
Eucalyptus deglupta Blume - MYRTACEAE
Eucharis grandiflora Planch. - AMARYLLIDACEAE - flowers
1, flowers 2
Eugenia uniflora L. - MYRTACEAE - photo 2 - pitanga, Surinam cherry
Eulophia cuculata (Afz.) Lindl. ex Steud. - ORCHIDACEAE -
photo 2
Eulophia horsfallii
(Beteman) Summerh. - ORCHIDACEAE
Eulophia odontoglossa Rchb.f. -
ORCHIDACEAE - F. Billiet
Euonymus japonicus L.f. - CELASTRACEAE
Euphorbia candelabrum Trémiaux ex Kotschy - EUPHORBIACEAE - plant, plant 2, flowers
Euphorbia heterophylla L. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Euphorbia hirta L. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Euphorbia hyssopifolia L. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Euphorbia milii Desm. - EUPHORBIACEAE - L. Pauwels - crown of
thorns
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd
ex Klotzsch. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch. - FLACOURTIACEAE -
fruiting branch, fruits
Ficus sur Forssk. -
MORACEAE
Ficus thonningii Blume – MORACEAE
Fittonia verschaffeltii (Lem.)
Coem. var. argyroneura (Coem.)
Nicholson - ACANTHACEAE
Funtumia africana (Benth.)
Stapf - APOCYNACEAE - flowers, fruits
TOP - G
Gaertnera paniculata Benth. -
RUBIACEAE
Galinsoga parviflora Cav. - ASTERACEAE
Galphimia glauca Cav. - MALPHIGIACEAE
syn.Thryallis glauca (Cav.) Kuntze
Gambeya lacourtiana (De Wild.) Aubr. & Pellegr. -
SAPOTACEAE - leaves, fruit
Garcinia huillensis Oliv. - CLUSIACEAE - stem, fruits
Garcinia kola Heckel -
CLUSIACEAE - open fruit
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 - COCHICACEAE (APG)
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
TOP - H
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 - sunflowerQR
Helichrysum mechowianum Klatt - ASTERACEAE
Heliconia indica Lam. ‘Eduardus Rex’ -
HELICONIACEAE - photo 1,
photo 2
Heliconia
latispatha Benth. -
HELICONIACEAE - photo 2 - golden
lobster claw
Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav. - HELICONIACEAE - lobster claw
Heliotropium indicum L. - BORAGINACEAE
Hibiscus acetosella Welw. ex Hiern - MALVACEAEQR
Hibiscus rostellatus Guill. & Perr. - MALVACEAE
Hibiscus sabdariffa L. - MALVACEAE - habit, fruits - bissap
Hibiscus schizopetalus (Mast.) Hook.f. - MALVACEAE
Hibiscus tiliaceus L. ‘Albo-variegatus’ - MALVACEAE - variegated beach hibiscus
Hilleria latifolia (Lam.) Walter - PHYTOLACCACEAE
Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Voss - AMARYLLIDACEAE - photo 2, photo 3 - Barbados lily
Hippobroma longiflora (L.) G.Don - LOBELIACEAE -
CAMPANULACEAE
Hippocratea myriantha Oliv. -
CELASTRACEAE
Holarrhena floribunda (G.Don) T.Durand & Schinz - APOCYNACEAE - photo 2, photo 3, photo 4
Homalocladium platycladum (F.Muell.) Bailey - POLYGONACEAE
Hoslundia opposita Vahl -
LAMIACEAE - photo 1,
photo 2
Hugonia platysepala Welw. ex Oliv. - LINACEAE
Hura crepitans L. - EUPHORBIACEAE - male inflorescence -
sand box treeQR
Hymenaea courbaril L. - CAESALPINIACEAE - tree, pods, seedlings
Hymenocallis littoralis (Jacq.) Salisb. - AMARYLLIDACEAE - beach spider lily
Hymenocardia acida Tul. -
HYMENOCARDIACEAE - male flowers, fruits
Hymenocardia ulmoides Oliv. -
HYMENOCARDIACEAE - male flowers,
fruits
Hypoestes cancellata (Willd.
ex Nees) Nees - ACANTHACEAE
Hypoestes forskaolii (Vahl) R.Br. -
ACANTHACEAE
Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker - ACANTHACEAE
Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.
– LAMIACEAE QR
Ipomoea batatas Poir. -
CONVOLVULACEAE - leaves, flowers, tubers - sweet potato
Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy - CONVOLVULACEAE -
bush morningglory
Ipomoea hederifolia L. - CONVOLVULACEAEQR
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 plantQR
Justicia gendarussa Burm.f. - ACANTHACEAE - photo 2, photo 3
Justicia
insularis T.Anderson - ACANTHACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Justicia secunda Vahl - ACANTHACEAE - photo 2
Kalaharia
schaijesii Bamps - VERBENACEAE/LAMIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Kalanchoe
blossfeldiana Poelln.- CRASSULACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. - BIGNONIACEAE
Laccosperma secundiflorum (P.Beauv.) Kuntze -
ARECACEAE - photo 2
Lagenaria
siceraria (Molina) Standley - CUCURBITACEAE - flowers, fruit - calebash, bottle
gourd
Lagerstroemia indica L. - LYTHRACEAE
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. - LYTHRACEAE - photo 2
Landolphia dewevrei Stapf - APOCYNACEAE
Landolphia
lanceolata (K.Schum.) Pichon - APOCYNACEAE - plants, flowers, fruit
Lannea antiscorbutica (Hiern) Engl. - ANACARDIACEAE
Lantana camara L. - VERBENACEAE
Laportea aestuans (L.) Chev. - URTICACEAE
Laportea
ovalifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Chew -
URTICACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Lasimorpha senegalensis Schott - ARACEAE - F. Billiet
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
Malpighia coccigera L. - MALPIGHIACEAE
Mangifera indica L. - ANACARDIACEAE - mango
Manihot esculenta Crantz - EUPHORBIACEAE - cassava
Manihot glaziovii Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE - Ceara rubber
Manniophyton fulvum Müll.Arg. - EUPHORBIACEAE - photo 2
Manotes expansa
Sol. ex Planch. - CONNARACEAE
- fruits
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
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
Melia bombolo Welw. - MELIACEAE
Miconia calvescens DC. - MELASTOMATACEAE - velvet tree
Mikania chenopodiifolia Willd. - ASTERACEAE
Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.Berg - MORACEAE - iroko
Millettia eetveldeana (Micheli) Hauman - FABACEAE - photo 2
Millettia
griffoniana Baill. - FABACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Millettia laurentii De Wild. - FABACEAE - wenge
Millettia macroura Harms - FABACEAE
Millettia theuszii (Büttner) De Wild. - FABACEAE
Millettia versicolor Welw. ex Baker - FABACEAE
Mitracarpus villosus (Sw.) DC. - RUBIACEAE
Momordica charantia L. - CUCURBITACEAE - fruit
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, flowers, fruits - drumstick
tree
Musa
sp. (Plantain group) - MUSACEAE - inflorescence, infrutescence
Musanga
cecropioides R.Br. ex Tedlie - CECROPIACEAE /
URTICACEAE - tree, leaves, male inflorescence
Mussaenda elegans Schumach. & Thonn. - RUBIACEAE
Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach. & Thonn. - 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
Ochna
pulchra Hook. - OCHNACEAE - flowers, fruits
Ocimum gratissimum L. - LAMIACEAE
Odontonema tubaeforme (Bertol.)
Kuntze - ACANTHACEAE
Omphalocarpum
mortehanii De Wild. - SAPOTACEAE - flowers, fruit 1, fruits 2
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv. - POACEAE - photo 2
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv. ‘Variegatus’ - POACEAE
Oryza sativa
L. - POACEAE - rice
Oxyanthus speciosus DC. - RUBIACEAE - photo 2
Oxyanthus
unilocularis Hiern - RUBIACEAE - leaves, flowers
Pachira
glabra Pasquale - BOMBACACEAE - leaves + fruit, grains - Guinea
peanut
Palisota ambigua (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke -
COMMELINACEAE - photo 2
Palisota hirsuta (Thunb.) K.Schum. - COMMELINACEAE
Palisota
schweinfurthii C Pancovia.B.Clarke – COMMELINACEAE- photo 1, photo 2
Pandanus candelabrum P.Beauv. - PANDANACEAE
Parkia filicoidea Welw. ex Oliv. -
MIMOSACEAE
Paspalum
conjugatum Berg - POACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Paspalum notatum A.H. Liogier ex Flügge - POACEAE
Passiflora
quadrangularis L. - PASSIFLORACEAE - flower, liane + fruit
Pauridiantha
multiflora K.Schum. subsp. dewevrei (De Wild. E T.Durand) Ntore & O.Lachenaud
syn. Pauridiantha dewevrei (De Wild. & T.Durand)
Bremek. - RUBIACEAE - fruits
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 - flowers, fruits 1, fruits 2
Persea americana Mill. - LAURACEAE - avocado
Petersianthus macrocarpus (P.Beauv.) Liben - LECYTHIDACEAE
Petiveria alliacea L. - PHYTOLACCACEAE
Phaseolus lunatus L. - FABACEAE - pod +seeds
Phragmanthera capitata (Spreng.) Balle - LORANTHACEAE
Phyllocosmus
africanus (Hook.f.) Klotzsch - IXONANTHACEAE - tree, flowers
Physalis
peruviana L. - SOLANACEAE - fruiting branch, fruit - Cape
gooseberry
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hér. - PHYTOLACCACEAE
Picralima
nitida (Stapf) T. & H. Durand - APOCYNACEAE
- leaves, fruits, seeds
Piliostigma
thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redhead -
CAESALPINIACEAE - leaves, fruits
Pinus
caribaea Morelet - PINACEAE - tree, bark, needles 1, needles 2
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
Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites - ANNONACEAE - Indian mast tree
Polycephalium lobatum (Pierre) Pierre ex Engl. - ICACINACEAE
Pouchetia baumanniana Büttner - RUBIACEAE
Pseuderanthemum
atropurpureum (Bull) L.Bailey - ACANTHACEAE - form 1, form 2
Pseudomussaenda
stenocarpa (Hiern) Petit - RUBIACEAE
Pseudosabicea
mildbraedii (Wernham) N.Hallé - RUBIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Pseudospondias microcarpa (A.Rich.) Engl. - ANACARDIACEAE
Psidium guajava L. - MYRTACEAE - guava
Psorospermum
febrifugum Spach - CLUSIACEAE - flowers, fruits
Psychotria calva Hiern - RUBIACEAE
Psydrax
palma (K.Schum.) Bridson - RUBIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Psydrax subcordata (DC.) Bridson - RUBIACEAE
Pycnanthus
angolensis (Welw.) Warb. - MYRISTICACEAE - leaves 1, leaves 2, seeds
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
Ricinus communis L. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Rondeletia purdei Hook.f. - RUBIACEAE
Rothmannia longiflora Salisb. -
RUBIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Rothmannia
octomera (Hook.) Fagerl. - RUBIACEAE - flowers, fruits
Rourea coccinea (Thonn. ex Schumach.) Benth. subsp.
coccinea var. coccinea - CONNARACEAE
Rourea minor
(Gaertn.) Alston - CONNARACEAE
Roystonea 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 - tree, flowers, pods
Sanchezia nobilis Hook.f. - ACANTHACEAE
Sansevieria
longiflora Sims - AGAVACEAE - flowers 1, flowers 2
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, tree
Schwenckia americana L. –-SOLANACEAE
Sclerochiton vogelii (Nees) T.Anderson ssp. congolanus (De Wild.) Vollesen - ACANTHACEAE
Sclerosperma mannii H.Wendl. - ARECACEAE
Scoparia dulcis L. - SCROPHULARIACEAE – photo 2 - sweet broomweed, licorice weed
Scorodophloeus zenkeri Harms -
CAESALPINIACEAE
Secamone letouzeana (H.Huber) Klack. - ASCLEPIADACEAE
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. - CUCURBITACEAE - chayote
Securidaca
longepedunculata Fresen - POLYGALACEAE - flowers
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
Sesbania
sesban (L.) Merr. - FABACEAE - flowers, pods
Setaria megaphylla (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz -
POACEAE
Sida acuta Burm.f. - MALVACEAE
Smilax anceps Willd. -
SMILACACEAE - fruits
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
Stephanotis floribunda Brogn. - ASCLEPIADACEAE
Sterculia
quinqueloba (Garcke) K.Schum. - STERCULIACEAE -
young tree, flowers - in Jard.Bot.Kinshasa
Strychnos cocculoides Baker - LOGANIACEAE
Strychos
pungens Soler. - LOGANIACEAE tree, young fruit, ripe fruit
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 - flower 2
Tabernanthe elliptica (Stapf) Leeuwenberg - APOCYNACEAE -
in Kisantu Garden
Tabernanthe iboga Baill. - APOCYNACEAE - in Kisantu
Garden
Talinum fruticosum (L.) A.Juss. - PORTULACACEAE - TALINACEAE
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
Tetracera
rosiflora Gilg - DILLENIACEAE - photo 1, photo 2
Tetrorchidium didymostemon (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - EUPHORBIACEAE
Theobroma
cacao L. - STERCULIACEAE - flowers, fruits - F. Billiet
Thevetia
peruviana (Pers.) K.Schum. - APOCYNACEAE - bush, fruits
aussi Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
Thomandersia butayei De Wild. - ACANTHACEAE
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 - flower - MAP - Mexican sunflower
Tithonia
rotundifolia (Miller) S.E.Blake - ASTERACEAE - fleur1, fleurs2
Treculia
africana Decne. - MORACEAE - African breadfruit - fruit 1, fruits 2
Trema orientalis (L.) Blume - ULMACEAE
Trichoscypha
oddonii De Wild. - ANACARDIACEAE - tree, fruits
Trimezia martinicensis (Jacq.) Herb.- IRIDACEAE - flower
Triumfetta cordifolia A.Rich. - TILIACEAE
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. - TILIACEAE
Turraea vogelii Hook.f. ex Benth. - MELIACEAE
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
aussi
: Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski
Whitfieldia brazzae (Baill.)
C.B.Clarke - ACANTHACEAE
Whitfieldia elongata (P.Beauv.) De Wild. & T.Durand
- ACANTHACEAE
Xanthosoma mafaffa Schott - ARACEAE - cocoyams
Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) Waterman - RUTACEAE - leaflets
Zea mays L. - POACEAE - maize, corn
Zephyranthes grandiflora Lindl. – AMARYLLIDACEAE
Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Roscoe ex Sm. ‘Darcyi’ -
ZINGIBERACEAE
