Site code	Detection method	Lightning‐damaged trees	Dead trees	Lightning scar	Primarily struck tree species
T1	Witnessed	6	0	No	Faurea saligna
T2	Witnessed	3	1	No	Agauria salicifolia
T3	Flashover criteria	5	0	Yes	F. saligna
T4	Witnessed	1	0	No	Psychotria mahone
T5	Witnessed	7	2	No	Markamia lutea
T6 (Figure 1f)	Witnessed	1	1	Yes	A. salicifolia
T7	Flashover criteria	10	4	No	Ficalhoa Laurifolia
T8	Flashover criteria	10	0	No	F. saligna
T10	Flashover criteria	20	16	No	F. laurifolia
T11 (Figure 1d)	Witnessed	15	4	Yes	F. laurifolia
T12	Flashover criteria	3	1	No	Olea capensis
T13	Flashover criteria	6	2	No	Mystroxylon aethiopicum
T15 (Figure 1a)	Witnessed	1	0	Yes	F. saligna
T16	Flashover criteria	8	1	No	F. saligna
T18	Flashover criteria	6	0	No	Syzygium guineense
T23	Flashover criteria	6	1	No	Nuxia congesta
T26	Flashover criteria	7	3	No	Bridelia micrantha
T28	Flashover criteria	5	2	No	B. micrantha
T29	Flashover criteria	6	3	No	Ilex mitis
T30	Flashover criteria	4	0	No	Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
T31	Flashover criteria	4	0	No	C. gorungosanum
T32	Flashover criteria	3	1	No	C. gorungosanum
T35	Flashover criteria	11	3	Yes	F. laurifolia
T36	Flashover criteria	22	0	Yes	S. guineense
T37	Flashover criteria	5	1	No	Harunyana madascariensis
T38	Flashover criteria	8	0	No	F. saligna
T40	Flashover criteria	13	2	No	Dichaetanthera corymbosa
T43	Flashover criteria	4	4	No	F. laurifolia
T44	Flashover criteria	8	0	No	Entandrophragma excelsum
T46	Witnessed	2	0	No	Prunus africana
T48	Flashover criteria	12	2	No	F. saligna
T49	Flashover criteria	13	8	No	F. laurifolia
T51	Flashover criteria	16	13	Yes	A. salicifolia
T53 (Figure 1b)	Flashover criteria	11	3	Yes	F. saligna
T54	Flashover criteria	9	3	No	F. laurifolia
T55	Flashover criteria	7	3	Yes	F. saligna
T56	Flashover criteria	5	1	No	F. saligna
T59	Flashover criteria	7	3	No	Polyscias fulva
T60	Flashover criteria	4	0	No	F. saligna
T65	Flashover criteria	6	1	No	F. saligna
T67	Flashover criteria	10	2	No	F. laurifolia
T68	Flashover criteria	5	0	No	A. salicifolia
T69	Flashover criteria	3	0	No	E. excelsum
T70	Flashover criteria	9	1	No	N. congesta
T71	Flashover criteria	6	3	No	H. madascariensis
T72	Witnessed	5	1	Yes	H. madascariensis
T76	Flashover criteria	4	2	No	H. madascariensis
T77	Flashover criteria	6	1	No	Sapiem ellitticum
T78	Flashover criteria	5	1	Yes	Newtonia buchananii
T81	Witnessed	5	2	Yes	F. laurifolia
T82	Witnessed	1	0	Yes	F. laurifolia
T83	Flashover criteria	6	2	No	F. laurifolia
T85	Flashover criteria	6	3	No	Ocotea usambarensis
T92	Witnessed	2	1	Yes	Pinus patula*
T93	Witnessed	7	1	Yes	Cupressus lusitanica*
T96 (Figure 1c)	Presence of lightning scar	1	0	Yes	F. laurifolia
T97	Presence of lightning scar	1	0	Yes	S. guineense
T100	Witnessed	13	12	Yes	P. patula*
T101 (Figure 1g)	Witnessed	6	0	Yes	A. salicifolia
T102 (Figure 1e)	Witnessed	1	1	Yes	A. salicifolia
T66	Flashover criteria	3	0	No	Myrica salicifolia
T39	Flashover criteria	3	0	No	A. salicifolia