Ziziphus Mucronata Willd.
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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Tag: Butterflies & Moths
Drypetes Natalensis Var. Leiogyna Brenan
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:
- Coeliades libeon – Spotless Policeman
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Chloris Roxburghiana Schult. + Heteropogon Contortus
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:
- Melanitis lede
- Bicyclus safitza
- Ypthima asterope
- Astictopterus stellata
- Kedestes callicles
- Borbo borbonica
- Borbo fatuellus
- Pelopidas thrax
Ochna Holtzii
Family: Ochnaceae
Shrub or small tree
Self seeded
Attractive to butterflies, bees and birds
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Ficus Bussei
Family: Moraceae
GIR: Mugandi
A fine fig growing to 25 m along the coastal strip. Trunk fluted at base, bark grey. Often has aerial roots. Fruit green with whitish warts, attracting birds, bats and monkeys. Reasonably fast-growing.
Larval food to:
- Cyrestis camillus, -the African map butterfly
- Myrina silenus – common fig blue
Available -Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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Turraea Wakefieldii
Family: Meliaceae
Small tree to 6M
Sweet scented flowers attract sunbirds & moths.
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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Hibiscus Schizopetalus
Family: Malvaceae
Commonly cultivated shrub up to 3M tall. Easily grown from cuttings. Full sun, partial shade. Orange ‘frilly’ flowers. Flowers throughout the year.
Popular with sunbirds.
Available at coastal nurseries
Larval host plant to:
- Spialia diomus – Grizzled Skipper
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Malvaceae
Coastal Forest Checklist lists 30 Genera, 117 Species
I have growing:
- Adansonia digitata
- Cola sp
- Grewia sp
- Hibiscis schizopetalus
- Thespesia danis Oliv. to follow
Acridocarpus Zanzibaricus
Family: Malpighiaceae
An attractive shrub up to 4M tall. Coastal Kenya.
Larval food plant to:
- Coeliades keithloa – Red Tab Policeman
- Coeliades pisistratus – Two-Pip Policeman
- Coeliades anchises – One-Pip Policeman
Available Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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