Brown Olive Credit: Biovision-Infonet Scientific name: Olea africana Order / Family: Oleaceae Local Names: Boran (Ejarse); English (brown olive, wild olive, Indian olive, African wild olive, olive); kamba (Muthata); Keiyo (Yemit); Kikuyu (Mutamaiyu); Kipsigis (Emitiot); Bukusu (Kumunyubuti); Luo (Kang’o); Maasai (Oloirien) Marakwet (Yemit); Meru (Muthata); Nandi (Emidit); Ogiek (Yemdit); Sabaot (Yemit); Samburu (Tamiyai); Somali (Wera); Taita (Mkumbi); Tugen […]
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Fever tree / Naivasha thorn tree
Fever tree / Naivasha thorn tree Credit: Biovision-Infonet Scientific name: Acacia xanthophloe Order / Family: Fabaceae Local Names: Boran (Hwacho dima); Kamba (Kimweya, Musewa, Mwea, Mweya); Kikuyu (Murera); Kipsigis (Ochmnyaliliet); Luo (Kuth ataro); Maasai (Olerai); Marakwet (Reno); Meru (Murera); Taveta (Mwelela); 1. Introduction General Distribution: The tree is spread from Kenya south to South Africa. It is often […]
Prunus africana
Prunus africana Credits: Biovision-Infonet Scientific name: Prunus africana Order / Family: Rosaceae Local Names: Red stinkwood Kenya: Mumbaume or Mutimailu (Kamba), Tenduet (Keyo), Muiri (Kikuyu), Arareut (Kipsigis), Omoiri (Kisii), Kumuturu (Luhya or Bukusu), Olkoijuk (Maasai), Tenduet (Marakwet), Mweria (Meru), Tendwet (Nandi), Tenduet (Ogiek), Oromoti (Sahaot), Kiburabura (Swahili), Kunyukwa (Tugen) Ethiopia: Tikur inchet (Amargna), Beru (Gimirigna), Arana (Haderigna), Bouraio […]
Parasol tree
Parasol tree Credit: Biovision-Infonet Scientific name: Polyscias fulva Order / Family: Araliaceae Local Names: English (Parasol tree); Keiyo (Auoun); Kikuyu (Mutati); Kipsigis (Aounet); Luhya (Mwanzu); Luo (Nyakom ondiek); Maasai (Olyalilingi); Marakwet (Auoun); Meru (Mukurukuru); Nandi (Soiyet); Ogiek (Muachet); Sabaot (Ewondet); Taita (Mkanya); Tugen (Auwe). 1. Introduction General distribution: It is native to; Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African […]
Mexican weeping pine
Mexican weeping pine Credit: Biovision-Infonet Scientific name: Pinus patula Order / Family: Pinaceae Local Names: Kikuyu (Muchinda nugu), Luhya (Omuyeye) 1. Introduction General Distribution: It originated from Mexico and it has spread to many parts of the world. It is probably the most planted pine tree in tropical Africa and generally widespread as a plantation tree. General Information […]
Wild date palm
Wild date palm Credit: Biovision-Infonet Scientific name: Phoenix reclinata Order / Family: Arecaceae Local Names: Boni (Gonyooriya); Boran (Meti); Digo (Mchindu); English (wild date palm); Giriama (Mkindu); Kamba (Mukindu); Kikuyu (Mukindu); Kipsigis (Sosiyot); Luhya (Kumukhendu); Marachi (Lushindu); Luo (Othith); Maasai (Oltukai); Malakote (Gedo); Orma (Konchor); Pokomo (Mkindu); Samburu (Lekawai); Sanya (Itkindi); Somali (Alool); Swahili (Mkindu); Taita (Kigangachi); Taveta […]
Camphor
Camphor Credit: Biovision-Infonet Scientific name: Ocotea usambarensis Order / Family: Lauracea Local Names: Embu (Muzura); English (East Africa Camphor wood); Kikuyu (Muthaiti); Meru (Muura); Taita (Mkongo). 1. Introduction General Distribution: A majestic evergreen timber tree widely distributed from the eastern parts of the DRC and Rwanda, throughout eastern Africa to northern parts of Malawi and Zambia. More common […]
Umbrella-tree
Umbrella-tree Credit: Biovision-Infonet Scientific name: Maesopsis eminii Order / Family: RhamnaceaeLocal Names: Common names: Luhya (Mutere, Muhunya) 1. Introduction General distribution: It’s a large timber tree typical of rainforest from West and central Africa and reaching its natural eastern limit in the Kakamega forest. It is widely planted in wetter highland districts of western Kenya and north […]
Blue Gum
Blue Gum Credit: Biovision-Infonet Scientific name: Eucalyptus saligna Order / Family: Myrtaceae Local Names: Giriama: Kamba (Musilikini); Kikuyu (Mubao, Munyua mai); Kisii (Omoringarnu); Luo (Bao); Swahili (Mtimbao). 1. Introduction General Distribution: It is native to Australia and is widely planted in the tropics. In Kenya, is the dominant gum grown in the highlands. General Information about the Tree: […]
Mexican cypress
Mexican cypress Credit: Biovision-Infonet Scientific name: Cupressus lusitanica Order / Family: Cupressaceae Local Names: Kikuyu (Mutarakwa); Kisii (Omobakora); Luhya (Mudarakwa); Luo (Obudo) 1. Introduction General Distribution: It originated from the moist mountain forests of Mexico, in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and US. It was introduced in Kenya before 1910 and is distributed […]