(Previously Pentas Bussei)
Family: Rubiaceae
GIR: Mangi
Multi-branched shrub 0.6–2.5 m. tall. Sometimes scrambles/ supports itself on other plants Grow on the cliff face and self seeded. Also grow from cuttings.
Red /orange flowers throughout the year. A popular nectar food plant for butterflies.
Rhodopentas parvifolia (Hiern) is also recorded at the coast
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Family: Rubiaceae
GIR: Kakiya /Mubati-murah
Shrub 0.4 to 4.5m tall.
Habitat evergreen forest or thicket 0-1800m
Grows from seed.
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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.
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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Family: Poaceae
Self seeded grasses.
A sustainable alternative to lawn. Guinea fowl, Frankolin and Turacos are often in the grasses. Butterflies and moths are attracted to the grass.
May be larval foodplant to:
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Dioecious several-stemmed glabrous shrub with ascending branches, 1–3m
Plants of Tropical East Africa Kew
Self seeded. Loses its leaves in th dry season. Spectacular flowers appear before the new leaves appear.
Very attractive to Shield Bugs (family Scutelleridae)
Family: Orchidacee
GIR: Museche
Leafless, liane-like climber with green succulent stems up to c. 1 cm in diameter and short roots at the nodes. Small brownish vestigial leaves sometimes present at the nodes. Inflorescence many-flowered, up to 30 cm long, terminal or at the nodes. Flowers large and showy, up to 15 cm in diameter, white, more or less flushed with pink, strongly and sweetly scented. Lip funnel-shaped, often salmon-pink or yellowish in the throat. Capsule up to 17.5 cm long.
Flora of Mozambique
Habitat: I have seen this growing in the coastal forest. In strong wind the stems will fall on the beach.
The orchid is used in traditional medicine.
* It is not permitted to sell or purchase indigenous orchids
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