Sabi Star & Runde Star: Specially Protected Plants
In this article we are going to look at two flowering shrubs that grow in the southern low-veld of Zimbabwe, the…
Flora of Zimbabwe
In this article we are going to look at two flowering shrubs that grow in the southern low-veld of Zimbabwe, the…
By Clare Davies, Ecologist As humans have moved about the planet they have taken with them, deliberately or accidentally, pathogens, animals…
We can easily see and interact with plants in the form of trees, grasses, flowers and vegetables. There is, however, a…
Anyone who has walked in Mopane country will remember the heat, the dry watercourses, the mopane bees around eyes and go-away…
Euphorbia is the largest and most complex genera of flowering plants containing some 2000 species. Botanists have tried unsuccessfully to subdivide…
PROTECT, MANAGE, RESTORE – these three words are a WWF mantra for appropriate care for the environment. In the coming weeks…
Scientific name: Adansonia digitata; English: baobab, cream of tartar tree; Shona: Muwuyu, Muuyu; Ndebele: Umkhomo; Tonga: Mubuyu; Kalanga: Mbuyu The baobab is…
Cathy Sharp, Zimbabwe’s fungus expert, also tells us about lichen (sometimes pronounced to sound like ‘liken,’ sometimes to sound like ‘kitchen’).…
Gonarezhou National Park – vigorous protection of deadwood This article turns from outlining the environmental significance of deadwood to exploring ideas…
You have been told in another article (“Acacia Woodlands & what has happened to the name ‘Acacia’”?, June 21, 2020) that…