Sansevieria

The first seedling leaves of Sansevieria burdetti (here from a population from Nampula province, close to Nampula town) are not cylindrical in shape but are quite similar to the first seedling leaves of flat-leaved Sansevieria species..

Sansevieria burdettii, thusfar only known from one single location in southern Malawi. But it also grows (quite rare) over a large area of northern Mozambique (Cuamba district of Niassa province, close to Nampula town in Nampula province and in Ancuabe district of Cabo Delgado province). Tube-like leaves in 2 rows, with a rather short inflorescence and flowers of at least 4 cm long. A cultivated plant. The plant originated from a wooded hill close to Nampula town.

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Note the many equal-sized bracts on the flower stem. This specimen with green leaves and no specific leaf markings (characteristic of var. kirkii). Here in the undergrowth of a natural forest.

In the wild in an evergreen forest in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique.

Curtis's botanical magazine..London ; New York [etc.] :Academic Press [etc.].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/453696

Here in its natural habitat, a natural, relatively undisturbed dense forest on a hill close to the Indian Ocean. Dark conditions.

Picture from the wild, on a forested hill in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique. Looks like a capitate inflorescence with rather long peduncle. Long flower bracts. Late flowering, end of the rainy season, unlike most other Sansevieria species here.

Supported by a big tree trunk, abundant flowering of wild Sansevieri kirkii in a hill forest in northern Mozambique.

In the undergrowth of a coastal forest, Mecufi District of Northern Mozambique. The substrate is very rich in humus.

The first record of Sansevieria kirkii in Mozambique. Here in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. Note the large flower buds.

A flowering Sansevieria scimitariformis, from Manica province in Mozambique. Here in cultivation in my garden. Flowers open late afternoon and are very aromatic at night.

Sansevieria scimitariformis on the rocks close to Mount Whenje in Macossa district of Mozambique. With local guide.

Curtis's botanical magazine..London ; New York [etc.] :Academic Press [etc.].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/472962

Large population of Sansevieria fischeri on Mount Maco in northern Mozambique. Here with Obet Jos Baptista. Rhizomes are used to treat a lethal traditional (?) disease characterised by gradual weight loss and the appearance of diverse symptoms like skin diseases and persistant cough. The disease can be transmitted from mother to baby.

Flowering Sansevieria fischeri in a semi-evergreen forest on Mount Maco in Mozambique.

The inflorescence of Sansevieria fischeri is easily to be distinguished from that of S. stuckyi, with its much shorter peduncle. Plant from Ancuabe district, Mozambique.

Capitate inflorescence of Sansevieria fischeri on Mount Maco in Mozambique.

Large wild populations of Sansevieria fischeri on Mount Maco in Mozambique.