Zanthoxylum Chalybeum Var. Chalybeum

Family: Rutaceae
ENG: Knobwood
GIR: Mudhungu
TSW: Mjafari

Naturalised in Kenya. Spiny deciduous shrub or tree up to 12 m high- leaves have medicinal use. Has
self seeded in Kilifi. This tree is a larval host plant to Swallowtails. Leaves, shoots and fruits are used for
tea.

The bark leaves and roots are used medicinally, including as a treatment for malaria.

Possibly larval host to:

• Papilio dardanus – African Mocker Swallowtail
• Papilio demodocus – Citrus Swallowtail