Deinbollia Borbonica
Family: Sapindaceae
GIR: Mndalamwaka
Small tree or shrub. Cream flowers and yellow berries.
Propagate from seed.
The flowers attract hordes of insects including; moths, butterflies, bees, wasps, ants and beetles. Monkeys and birds eat the fruit. Charaxes butterflies eat the rotting fruit (needs confirming). The fruit is edible. The plant roots are medicinal.
Deinbollia hosts:
- Egybolis vaillantina
- Euphedra neophron
- Euxanthe wakefieldi
- Charaxes varanes
- Various Lycaenid Blues which feed on the maturing
seeds.
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