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The photograph of acacia and dry forest with a view looking down toward the river. There are large borassus palms and the city of Kafue in the background.

A photograph of acacia and a general view of dry forest with hills in the background.

A photograph of the dry forest of acacia, combretum, and brachystegia, which is typical of the uplands abround Kafue.

A photograph of a brachystegia at the left, annona senegalensis in foreground and in the middle of the photograph is a large borassus palm with the bulge in the stem about 20 feet from the ground.

A photograph of a tree and grass savanna along the north bank of the river.

A photograph of palms, papyrus, combretum, and acacias. In the background, there are hills covered with trees.

A photograph of a railroad bridge over the Kafue river, 13 spans. The only bridge connecting Central Africa and South Africa.

A photograph of a railroad bridge over the Kafue river, 13 spans. The only bridge connecting Central Africa and South Africa.

A photograph of the Kafue river with pad-like rosettes, water lilies, water grass, tall grass, low grass, as well as wooded hills in the background.

A photograph of large ant hills on the left. The vegetation largely cymbopogon, a few scattered trees, also a few palms, mainly borassus. The trees are mostly combretum and adacia.

A photo of a branch with fruit and leaves of garcinia livingstonei, also known as munkonga.

A photograph of ximenia americana, also known as impinji, which is a plum-like fruit with strong prussic-acid smell. It was valued mainly because of the oil of the kernel.

A photograph of kigelia or sausage tree. There are very large, deep purple flowers and large fruit that are 12-18 inches long.

A photograph of adansonia digitata, 21 feet in diameter. There is another tree shown on the left in the background.

A photograph showing detail of the flower and bark of adansonia digitata.

A photograph of adansonia digitata in full bloom, about 40 feet high with a truck 6 feet in diameter.

A photograph of a mungonga or manketti nut, a tree which produces a very light wood, suitable for lining leather cases. The fruit and nut are edible and the nut produces an oil.

A photograph of a mungonga or manketti nut, a tree which produces a very light wood, suitable for lining leather cases. The fruit and nut are edible and the nut produces an oil.

A photograph of native trees in the park at Victoria Falls Hotel. There are combretum in the foreground as well as ochna, pseudolachnostylis, baikaiea plurijuga, copaifera, burkea africana, brachistegia randii, and diospyrus.

A phtoograph of open forest growth at Victoria Falls with pseudolachnostylis (Herb. 386) on the left.