SPECIES


Local Name : Imbuli yu Mutakha
Scientific Name :
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