Family: Capparaceae
Shrub or tree to 10M tall.
Scented flowers attract butterflies and insect-eating birds. Larval host to many butterflies.
The tree is easily propagated by seeds. Prepare the seeds for sowing by removing the fruit pulp.
Self seeded
 |
 |
Family: Capparaceae.
Self seeded. Grown from seed or cuttings. This plant is often flowering and always covered in Colotis butterflies and ants. Medicinal use in Africa and fruit is eaten. Leaves are toxic to sheep and cattle.
In other parts of Africa, Capparis is recorded as a larval food plant for Appias, Belenois, Colotis, Dixeia, Eronia, Leptosia, Nepheronia, and Pinacopteryx.
There is no evidence from the coast that this is a larval food plant, but Capparis is regularly visited by butterflies.
Monkeys eat the fruit and antelope eat the leaves
 |
 |
|
|
Family: Capparaceae
Self seeded. Grown from seed or cuttings.This plant is often flowering and always covered in
Colotis butterflies and ants.
May be a larval food plant for Appias, Belenois, Colotis, Dixeia, Eronia, Leptosia, Nepheronia, and
Pinacopteryx.
There is no evidence from the coast that this is a larval food plant, but is regularly visited by butterflies, as seen by the Colotis left.
 |
The Checklist of Coastal Forests lists 7 Genera, 37 Species
I am growing:
Propogation:
Capparaceae grow well from root suckers, albeit slowly. The most efficient way to propagate any of these
species is from seed.
However, birds and animals often eat the fruit while it is still relatively green.
Source: Growing rare plants by Geoff Nichols
The following coastal butterfly caterpillars feed on Capparaceae:
(previously Bourreria petiolaris )
Family: Boraginaceae
KSW: mpanda-yongoo
GIR: Mbunduki
Family Boraginaceae
Self seeded shrub or small tree 0.3 to 7.7M
Visited by Tortricidae fruit feeding moths. Possibly larval host to Ethmia sp. Often visited by butterflies.
|
Family: Boraginaceae
KSW: Mkomwe
GIR: Mkete
Self seeded at the beach high tide.
7-10M.
4cm orange flowers with edible 1cm fruit.
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
 |
|
The Checklist of Coastal Forests lists 7 Genera, 28 Species
I am growing:
Family: Bignoniaceae
DUR: Mtwawanda/Mtalawanda
GIR: Muhamdala
Small tree 4-5M grows in coastal forest.
Flowers are visited by ants.
This tree flourishes in Kilifi.
The leaves and roots are used to treat and protect against snakebites.
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
May be larval host to Andriasa contraria
Family: Bignoniaceae
KSW: Mwegea, Mvungwa
GIR: Muratina
Tree to 20M. Maroon trumpeted flowers. Fruits like giant sausages
Flowers attract. insects and birds. Monkeys and porcupine eat fruit. Monkeys eat flower nectar. Antelope eat fallen flowers. May be pollinated by fruit bats. Charaxes visit the tree.
Fruit is used for skin cream.
Locally available at nurseries.
|
|
|
|
 |
Family: Bignoniaceae
GIR: Munyala
Small, often multi-stemmed tree. Flowers orange-red with a yellow centre; corolla bell-shaped, up to 10 cm in diameter. Fruit a long. slender capsule, 30-55 cm long, flattened, spirally twisted.
The leaves and roots are used to treat and protect against snakebites.
Available Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
Larval foodplant to
Epiphora mythimnia – White-ringed atlas
|
|