(Previously Vernonia hildebrantii)
Family: Asteraceae -Compositae
GIR: Mlaza-koma
Woody shrub, scandent, Self seeded. Propogate from seeds, cuttings, wildlings. Slightly invasive.
A very popular nectar food for butterflies. The roots are used in traditional medicine.
Moth host –
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Family: Asteraceae -Compositae
Herb or shrub to 1M tall.
Medicinal use.
Nectar food plant for butterflies
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Family: Asphodelaceae -Xanthorrhoeaceae
GIR: Kitozi
Grows in woodland around Kilifi
The plant is classified as ‘Endangered’ in the IUCN
Red List of Threatened Species
An evergreen, succulent, perennial plant producing a rosette of leaves. The plant often produces suckers and can form small clumps.
The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Attracts sunbirds
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Family: Asparagaceae (Hyacinthaceae)
Grows on the coastal cliff.
Bulb with green /white flowers to 1M tall. The bulb is used in traditional medicine.
Host to:
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Family: Araceae
GIR: Konzwi
Evergreen with potato like rhizome. Grows on the coastal cliff face and will grow in dark dry shade.
Propogate from leaf cuttings, stem cuttings or rhizome offshoots.
An extract from the plant is used for ear drops.
An attractive foliage plant very suited to coastal climate.
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Family: Araceae
GIR: Konzwi
Seasonally dormant tuber. Leaves to 1.2M tall, spadex green flowers appear before leaves. Self seeded. Shade/ partial shade.
An attractive foliage plant.
The roots are used to treat mumps.
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Family: Apocynaceae
GIR: Mudigizo
Medium size tree with white flowers and large paired fruits. Roots are medicinal.
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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Family: Apocynaceae
KSW: Mti-sumu
GIR: Mumasia
A sparse evergreen tree up to 9m. The orange fruit is eaten by birds.
The bark is poisonous and used for rat poison. The root is used for medicine including treating malaria.
Moths
Selenisa affulgens
Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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Family: Apocynaceae
( Dregea rubicunda K. Schum. (synonym))
DUR: Mubafyebafye
Self seeded Liana to 10m with unpleasant scented flowers.
The roots and stems are used for traditional medicine.
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Family: Apocynaceae
GIR: Mudigizo-mwitu
Evergreen shrub or tree to 15M.
The tree is used as a food, medicine and source of wood and latex. Sweet-scented white flowers. The 3cm long yellow orange fruit is edible.
Twigs and leaves are insecticidal. The bark has alkaloids.
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