practical notes on botanical families and species thought to be present in east central and northern Mali, taken from the literature. Introductory material, then organized by botanical family alphabetically, with a genus-family appendix to aid in navigation. See also the substantial collection of images of plants, in nature or specimens, in the Deep Blue Data collection "Mali flora images" at
deepblue.lib.umich.edu. See also the lexicon of native names for flora species in several Dogon languages and in Bangime in the Deep Blue Data work "Dogon and Bangime flora terms from Central Mali 2023" at
doi.org informal guide to flora of east central and northern Mali (mainly Dogon and Songhay ethnic zones), compiled from the botanical literature.