Zamiaceae
Encephalartos hildebrandtil var. hildebrandtii
Encephalartos hildebrandtil var. hildebrandtii
Family: Ximeniaceae
ENG: Sour Plum
KSW: mpingi
GIR: Mtundukula
Self-seeded tree up to 6 m tall with spiney branches.
The flowers are small, sweet-scented and creamygreen edible oval fruits 25 mm long deep red when ripe. The fruit are eaten by birds and monkeys. The single large seed inside contains Ximenia oil which has various uses. The leaves and roots are used for traditional medicine.
Larval foodplant to:
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Ximeniaceae (Previously Olacaceae)
Checklist of Coastal Forests lists 1 Genus, 2 species
Ximenia americana var. caffra
Family: Vitaceae
KSW: Mbugu-nyama
GIR: Mtsuma-pengo
Perennial deciduous trailing or climbing herb with tuberous rootstock; stems quadrangular, almost
winged, stout, succulent, glabrous. Racemes of small white, yellowish, or greenish flowers; globular
berries are red when ripe.
Medicinally, it is used in the treatment of asthma, hemorrhoids, wounds, broken bones, boils, burns,
rheumatic pains, and indigestion. The young stems are cooked. The leaves and young shoots are used in the preparation of curries and poppadoms. The fruits are eaten and the seeds are used for cooking oil. Ash of the plant is used as a substitute for baking powder.
Self seeded
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The Checklist of Coastal Forests lists 5 Genera, 31 Species
I have growing:
Family: Violaceae
Under storey shrub or small tree to 5M
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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The Coastal Checklist of Forests lists 2 Genera, 10 Species
I am growing:
Family: Sapindaceae
An attractive shrub or tree 2 – 22M tall.
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
Copyright – Bart Wursten
Family: Sapindaceae
KSW: Mbelenga
Tree to 12M with pink fruit 1cm long. Grow from seed.
Host plant to :
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Family: Sapindaceae
GIR: Mndalamwaka
Small tree or shrub. Cream flowers and yellow berries.
Propagate from seed.
The flowers attract hordes of insects including; moths, butterflies, bees, wasps, ants and beetles. Monkeys and birds eat the fruit. Charaxes butterflies eat the rotting fruit (needs confirming). The fruit is edible. The plant roots are medicinal.
Deinbollia hosts:
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