Coastal Dunes Benguerra Island Mozambique East Africa
Hyphaene coriacea palms growing on the coastal dunes Benguerra Island
Bazaruto Archipelago
Sceavola plumieri growing on Benguerra Island Bazaruto Archipelago
Mozambique
Colourful fruits of Dyospiros rotundifolia growing on coastal dunes
Benguerra Island, Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique, East Africa
A traditional arab
dhow transporting firewood and other materials to Benguerra Island,
Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique
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Below is a list of the
dominant plant species found growing
on the coastal dunes on Benguerra Island, Bazaruto Archipelago during
our site inspected done during the dry winter period, all of the plants
have been
positively identified and their natural occurrence in the area has been
confirmed.
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Coastal Dune Pioneer Plants
Canavalia maritima
Cyperus crassipes
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Launaea sarmentosa
Scaevola plumieri
Sophora inhambanensis
Sporobolus virginicus
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Coastal Dune Scrub Plants
Barleria
prionitis subsp. delagoensis
Caesalpinia bonduc
Coptosperma littorale
Deinbollia oblongifolia
Diospyros rotundifolia
Euclea natalensis
Eugenia capensis subsp.
capensis
Grewia caffra
Grewia sulcata |
Helichrysum kraussii
Hyphaene coriacea
Mimusops caffra
Ozoroa obovate
Pergularia daemia
Phoenix reclinata
Salacia kraussii
Sclerocarya birrea
Tephrosia purpurea subsp.
canescens
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