Family: Apocynaceae
KSW: Mti-sumu
GIR: Mumasia
A sparse evergreen tree up to 9m. The orange fruit is eaten by birds.
The bark is poisonous and used for rat poison. The root is used for medicine including treating malaria.
Moths
Selenisa affulgens
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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Family: Apocynaceae
( Dregea rubicunda K. Schum. (synonym))
DUR: Mubafyebafye
Self seeded Liana to 10m with unpleasant scented flowers.
The roots and stems are used for traditional medicine.
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Family: Apocynaceae
GIR: Mudigizo-mwitu
Evergreen shrub or tree to 15M.
The tree is used as a food, medicine and source of wood and latex. Sweet-scented white flowers. The 3cm long yellow orange fruit is edible.
Twigs and leaves are insecticidal. The bark has alkaloids.
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Family: Apocynaceae
GIR: Mtandamboo/Nvuje-ya-tsi
Shrub to 3M with scented flowers with edible fruit.
Spiny.
The leaves and roots are used medicinally.
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Family: Apocynaceae
GIR: Mutongazi/Mutungazi
DUR: Muhonga/Muhonga-udide
Self seeded.
Scrambling shrub with fragrant white flowers and yellow fruit (flesh is edible – but the skin may be poisonous)
The stem and leaves are used as a good luck charm.
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Family: Apocynaceae
KSW: Madiga
GIR: Mwanyoka/Mwadiga
This is a low maintenance spectacular shrub very suited to coastal gardening. Grows from seed.
This species is understood to be poisonous, but it is used medicinally.
Shrub available from local nurseries.
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The Checklist of Coastal Forests lists 53 Genera, 101 Species
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Plants are easily grown from seed and cuttings.
Family: Annonaceae
Shrub or small tree.
Listed as a near threatened species according to IUCN Red List criteria.
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
Family: Annonaceae
GIR: Mudzala simba/Mucherere/Muvipo/Mubulushi
Shrub or small tree. Sweet scented flowers. Fruit is green with white marks to 7cm long.
Habitat: Evergreen forest, on coral, also rain-forest, evergreen thickets and bushland, Brachystegia, Julbernardia
thickets, wooded grassland; at elevations from sea level to 900 metres.
The fruit is edible. The leaves and roots are used to treat spiritual ailments.
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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Small tree to 5M high with fragrant flowers.
Grow from seeds & cuttings. Requires shade.
The plant is classified as ‘Vulnerable’ in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The Mkilau fragrans plant is quite interesting, and it has several unique properties which make it integral to the culture of coastal communities in East Africa. From aphrodisiac to wedding decor, the flower is truly unique…
Essential oils have been extracted for centuries by coastal communities in Kenya—as well as other coastal communities—to provide perfume for social gatherings such as weddings. Mkilau fragrans essential oils are not typically used in used in the perfume industry, however. This results in a lack of incentive to grow these plants, and has ultimately lead to the species to be placed in the “Vulnerable” category in terms of endangerment.
Additionally, Mkiluaynoic acid A, which can be extracted from the fruit of the plant, demonstrates anti-fungal properties.
The fun doesn’t end there. This flower turns out to be an aphrodisiac. Yes…the same flower used in weddings is also the one used in the bedroom. This flower is most notably known for its ability to keep men in the bedroom after the sun has set.
Quoted from – The Mysteries of the Mkilua fragrans, by Max Higgins.
Available from local nurseries
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