Family: Rubiaceae
KSW: mfiyofiyo
GIR: Mulanza / Mshosho
Shrub up to 3 m. Flowers jasmine-scented; Fruit ellipsoid, with a crown of persistent, leaf-like calyx lobes, orange when ripe. Fruit is edible. The stem is used for arrow shafts.
Can be propagated from seed.
Available: Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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Family: Rubiaceae
GIR: Chimwemwe
Shrub or small tree to 7m
Shrub or small tree 0.5 to 4 m tall. Habitat dry lowland forest, woodland, bushland 0m to 160m
Available – Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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Family: Rubiaceae
GIR: Mngambo-kapehe
Scrambling shrub or small tree. The top layer of the bark is reddish and flaking. Young branches pubescent. Leaves opposite, oblanceolate to obovate, borne on the new branches; densely reddish-brown pubescent below. Flowers white, flushed with pink, solitary or in clusters, borne on the branches and stems. Fruits near-spherical, often crowned with the remains of the calyx; deep red when mature.
(Flora of Zimbabwe)
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Family: Rubiaceae
Shrubby perennial herb to 1.5M tall. Self seeded.
The nectar is attractive to butterflies.
The Checklist of Coastal Forests lists 63 Genera, 137 Species
I am growing:
Family: Rhamnaceae
Tree.
Rated as Endangered (EN) according to IUCN Red List criteria.
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
Family: Rhamnaceae
Indian sub-continent: Jujube.
KSW /GIR : Mkunazi
Indigenised in Kenya. Shrub to small tree. Fruit is edible to humans. Has self seeded.
Family: Rhamnaceae
ENG: Buffalo thorn.
KSW: Mkunazi
GIR: Mguguna
Shrub to small tree. Fruit is edible to humans. Has self seeded .
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The Checklist of Coastal Forests lists 5 Genera, 9 Species
I am growing
Larval host to:
Family: Putranjivaceae (Previously Euphorbiaceae)
GIR: Mgandama
A multi stemmed shrub or tree from 9M to 15M tall. The flowering are on on the main trunk and branches. The male flowers have a very unpleasant smell. Fruits are yellow-orange when ripe. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood.
Larval food plant to:
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