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Curculigo pilosaOur current sample image is of Curculigo pilosa. Click on the thumbnail image to see the full image or click on the species name to find out more.
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About the website

This site provides information about the flowering plants and ferns of Malawi. This is one of 6 e-floras which cover the Flora Zambesiaca area in south-central Africa. Five countries are now covered, namely Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The 6th e-flora deals with the Caprivi Strip, which is part of Namibia.

The principal contributors to the site are Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Meg Coates Palgrave✝ and Mark Hyde.

The Site history page gives an overview of site development. There is also a Frequently Asked Questions page.

Flora Zambesiaca

FZ volumes

The Flora Zambesiaca project has been the principal source of information for our project, particularly the keys, descriptions and images. It has been an invaluable tool to enable us to identify the many plant specimens we have recorded and collected and has been one of the most important sources to teach us the botanical skills we have acquired.

Further information about Flora Zambesiaca can be found at this link.

The picture shows the much-used and now dog-eared volumes which accompany us on our field trips.

View recently edited pages

As a guide to where to look for new content, below are details of some of the most recently updated pages. Further recently updated species may be found on this page.

DateSpecies
13 Oct 2024 Dovyalis macrocalyx
26 Sep 2024 Gynura scandens
04 Sep 2024 Cleome hirta
04 Sep 2024 Indigofera spicata
04 Sep 2024 Mirabilis jalapa
04 Sep 2024 Dichondra micrantha
03 Sep 2024 Leucaena leucocephala
03 Sep 2024 Cissampelos mucronata
03 Sep 2024 Catharanthus roseus
02 Sep 2024 Mimosa pudica

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Petra Ballings

 

Meg Coates Palgrave✝

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btwursten(at)gmail.com

 

ballings.petra(at)telenet.be

 

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Home page.
https://www.malawiflora.com/index.php, retrieved 7 November 2024

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