Asteranthe Asterias

Family: Annonaceae
TSW: Mkilua mwitu
GIR : Muszhondoheranguluwe

Shrub or tree to 8M tall.
Habitat: sometimes dominant in the shrub layer of lowland evergreen forest. Aromatic bark. Sometimes
used for food flavouring. Flowers with unpleasant scent. Green petals turn white / crimson.

The roots and leaves are used as medicines.

Available at Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery.

Possibly host plant to:

• Graphium antheus – Large Striped Swordtail
• Graphium policenes – Small Striped Swordtail
• Graphium colonna – Black Swordtail
• Graphium philonoe – Eastern White Lady
• Abantis paradisea – Paradise Skipper