This volume focuses on the family Violaceae. They are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs or small trees and contains about 22 genera and some 900 species and confines mainly to the old New world tropics and sub tropics, however the genus Viola is predominantly temperate in distribution.

A descriptive account of the Basellaceae native and naturalised in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, together with information on exotic ornamental and crop plants. At least one species per genus is illustrated, and the bibliography and synonymy are sufficiently detailed to explain the nomenclature and taxonomic circumscriptions within a broad regional context.

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Palmae (1986)was prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew with the assistance from the East African Herbarium. Palmae can be classed as trees to shrublets and climbers that are armed or unarmed, with woody stems, very short to immensely tall, sometimes climbing, solitary or clustered smooth or covered with leaf-base remains or leaf-sheaths.

Part of a series on the flora of tropical East Africa, this work considers Hydrostachyace. The flora should be a useful reference for anyone concerned with the identification and utilization of plants in eastern Africa. Each family is published as a separate part. New parts are published annually.

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Anacardiaceae (1986) was prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew with the assistance from the East African Herbarium. The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family 1] or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known species.

Flora of Tropical East Africa - Aristolochiace (1986) was prepared at the Royal Botanic Gardens/Kew with the assistance from the East African Herbarium. The Aristolochiaceae are a family, the birthwort family, of flowering plants with seven genera and about 400 known species belonging to the order Piperales.