Craibia Bevicaudata
Family: Fabaceae -Leguminosae sub family Papilionaceae
KWS: Mfunda
GIR: Muhande
Medium to large evergreen tree. White flowers.
Attractive to beetles.
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery.
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Author: urbankre
Clitoria Ternatea L. Var. Ternatea
Family: Fabaceae – Leguminosae – Papilionaceae
Self seeded vine. Blue and white flowers. Protein rich legume. May have medicinal properties.
Cassia Afrofistula Var. Afrofistula
Family: Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Shrub or small tree.
May be larval host to:
- Catopsilia florella – African Migrant
- Gynanisa maja – Speckled Emperor
- Coeliades libeon – Spotless Policeman
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Bauhinia Mombassae
Family: Fabaceae, Leguminosae – Caesalpiniaceae
Medium shrub /small tree
Status: endangered. Endemic to the coast. Sun or shade
The flowers are rich in pollen and nectar, attract various insects such as butterflies and bees. These insects will attract insect eating birds. This is also a host plant for many butterfly species, with the larvae feeding on the leaves.
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
Butterflies / Moths :
- Charaxes castor
- Charaxes saturnus
- Deudorix antalus
- Eumeta cervina
- Gonimbrasia hecate
- Holocerina angulata
- Imbrasia alcinoe
- Micraphe lateritia
- Eudasychira georgiana
- Euproutia aggravaria
- Achaea catella
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Afzelia Quanzensis
Family: Fabaceae, Leguminosae – Caesalpiniaceae
ENG: Pod Mahogany
GIR: KWS – Mbambakofi
GIR: Mwamba
Deciduous tree up to 35M high, pods to 170mm long.
This tree is very good for wildlife. The flowers are fragrant attracting insects and insect-eating birds. The leaves and fallen flowers are eaten by antelope and livestock. Monkeys and hornbills feed on the fresh arils from the fruit pod, dropping the seeds on the ground where they either germinate or are eaten by rodents.
The leaves are edible when cooked. The bark and roots are used in traditional medicine. Bark is also used for rope, and the seeds for necklaces. Afzelia produces an insect resistant hardwood.
Propagated from seed.
Recorded as larval foodplant to:
- Charaxes protoclea – Flame Bordered Charaxes
- Charaxes saturnus – Foxy Charaxes
- Charaxes castor – Giant Charaxes
- Charaxes bohemani – Divebomber Charaxes
Available: coastal tree nurseries.
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Fabaceae
The Checklist of Coastal Forests lists 80 Genera, 226 Species
I am trying to grow:
- Afzelia quanzensis
- Bauhinia mombassae
- Caesalpinia angolensis
- Cassia afrofistula var. afrofistula
- Clitoria ternatea
- Craibia bevicaudata ssp. brevicaudata
- Dalbergia melanoxylon
- Dichrostachys cinerea
- Erythrina sacleuxii
- Gigasiphon marcosiphon
- Indigofera sp
- Lablab purpureus ssp. Brevicaudata
- Lonchocarpus bussei
- Milettia usaramensis
- Mundulea sericea
- Sophora tomentosa
- Tamarindus indica
- Vachellia nilotica ssp. leiocarpa
- Vachellia robusta ssp. usambarensis
Diospyros Squarrosa Klotzsch
Family: Ebenaceae
GIR: Mpweke
Small tree to 8M high.
Fragrant flowers. The edible, fleshy fruit are harvested locally.
The roots are used for traditional medicine.
Ebenaceae
The Checklist of Coastal Forests lists 2 Genera, 15 Species
I have growing
Diospyros squarrosa Klotzsch
Tacca Leontopetaloides
Family: Dioscoreaceae
ENG: Arrow Root
GIR: Lonzi pl Kulonzi
Seasonally dormant tuber. Leaves to 1.2M tall, spadex green flowers appear before leaves.
Self seeded. Shade/ partial shade
The tuber contains starch that is used for cooking.
The plant also has medicinal uses.
Butterflies & Moths
Hespagarista echione
Dioscoreaceae
The Checklist of Coastal Forests lists 2 Genera, 7 Species
I have growing :
- Tacca leontopetaloides