Local Name : Imbuli yu Mutakha |
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Habit : Shrub |
Uses : It helps to cure malaria, and also used to cure domestic animals like sheep, goats. Its leaves and seeds are used as food/spices. |
Morphology : It grows to one foot tall, has small grayish leaves; flowers are white in color and yellow tinny seeds. |
Life Cycle : It is seasonal mostly found in rainy season and flowers annually. |
Habitat : Dry grassland, bushes and shrub berries, open forest and near cultivated land. |
Distribution : It is a herb /shrub, found growing wildely in cultivated lands and forest glades like Ikhaviga in kakamega forest |
Estimated Population : 1 to 10 |
Average Altitude : 5000-6000 ft |
Part Used : Leaves |
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