Flora of Malawi

Widdringtonia whytei, the Mulanje cedar or Mulanje cypress, is a species of conifer native to Malawi, where it is endemic to the Mulanje Massif at altitudes of 1,830–2,550 m. It has become endangered as a result of over-harvesting for its wood, and an increase in the frequency of wildfires due to human activity.

Bulbophyllum gilgianum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum section Gilgiana. The Plant is found in Malawi.

Erica nyassana is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Malawi. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Buxus nyasica is a species of plant in the family Buxaceae. It is endemic to Malawi. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Rawsonia burtt-davyi is a species of plant in the Achariaceae family. It is endemic to Mount Mulanje in Malawi.

Afrosciadium articulatum, synonym Peucedanum articulatum, is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is native to northern Malawi.

Lotus robsonii is a rare plant in the genus Lotus endemic to Malawi.

Dracaena malawiana, synonym Sansevieria formosa, is a species of Dracaena native to Malawi. It was originally collected at the Kapichira Falls in south Malawi.

Encephalartos gratus is a species of cycad that is native to Malawi and Mozambique.

Acokanthera laevigata is a flowering plant, growing up to 12 metres (39 ft) tall. Its flowers are white and fragrant. The plant has been used as arrow poison. A. laevigata is native to Tanzania and Malawi.

Glyphaea tomentosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. family. It is native to Malawi and Mozambique.

Bulbophyllum stolzii is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Zanthoxylum deremense is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is found in Malawi and Tanzania.

Utricularia podadena is a small, probably perennial, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia and is the only member of Utricularia sect. Candollea. U. podadena is endemic to Malawi and Mozambique, being known only from the type location in Malawi and from one other collection in Mozambique. As of Peter Taylor's 1989 monograph on the genus, more recent efforts to locate this species have failed. It was originally published and described by Taylor in 1964 and placed in its own section, Candollea, in 1986. It grows as a terrestrial plant in marshy grasslands in the

Morinda asteroscepa is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Malawi and Tanzania, and is on the IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Plantae).

Faurea racemosa is a tree that forms part of the Faurea genus and is native to Malawi and Mozambique.

Dierama densiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a perennial geophyte that is native to Malawi and Tanzania.

Cyperus nyererei is a species of sedge that is native to an area of eastern Africa. The species was first formally described by the botanist Kåre Arnstein Lye in 1983.

Cyperus nyasensis is a species of sedge that is native to parts of eastern Africa.

Cyperus aureobrunneus is a species of sedge that is native to Africa, where it occurs in Malawi and Zambia. The species was first formally described by the botanist Charles Baron Clarke in 1901.

Austrosynotis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. There is only one known species, Austrosynotis rectirama, native to Malawi and Tanzania.

Ternstroemia polypetala is a species of plant in the Pentaphylacaceae family. It is found in Cameroon, Malawi, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Monodora stenopetala is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Malawi and Mozambique. Daniel Oliver, the English botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its narrow (Latinized form of Greek στενος, stenos) petals.

Criscianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Its native range is Southern Tropical Africa. Species: Criscianthus zambiensis (R.M.King & H.Rob.) Grossi & J.N.Nakaj.

Angraecopsis parva (syn. Holmesia parva) is an orchid (family Orchidaceae) native to Tanzania and Malawi. It bears the second smallest flower of any orchid, not over 1 mm in width. Only Campylocentrum insulare is smaller.

Cardiochilos is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The only species is Cardiochilos williamsonii.

Occultia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae. It includes two species native to Malawi and Mozambique. Occultia fragrans Rulkens & Stedje Occultia ledebourioides (Baker) Stedje & Rulkens

Aloe mawii is an aloe widespread in south-east Tanzania, Malawi and northern Mozambique. Aloe mawii grows tall, stout stems of up to 2 meters in height, though acaulescent forms can occur. The stems sometimes branch higher up, in a tree-like form. The leaves are up to 10 cm wide, spreading or recurved, with widely spaced teeth on their margins. They are blue-green in the shade, but can become reddish in full sun. The flowers are orange-red, born on very short pedicels (1-2mm), on a simple, hardly branched inflorescence, which spreads out horizontally.

Bulbophyllum bavonis is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Eucomis zambesiaca is a bulbous plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to southern Africa, from Zimbabwe through Malawi to the Limpopo Province of South Africa. One of the smaller species in the genus, it has a rosette of leaves about 45 cm (18 in) across and white flowers in a spike to about 30 cm (12 in) tall.