SPECIES


Local Name : Muyundi
Scientific Name :
Habit : Tree
Uses : It is used for curing stomach aches.
Morphology : It grows to medium size, has green stripped, conical shaped, thorny leaves. Flowers are yellow in color and red seeds.
Life Cycle : It can lasts for over 50 yrs flowering annually and seed setting inside the fruit.
Habitat : Rocky slopes, bushes and shrub berries, open forest, dense forest and near cultivated land.
Distribution : It is found mainly in Kakamega forest (Ileho are)
Estimated Population : 10 to 50 (The plants are getting scarce)
Average Altitude : 6000-7000 ft
Part Used : Bark