Botanical name Nandi name Growth Use habit
Rumex usambarensis Chemideleliet H Stem- Fresh stem chewed for medicinal purpose Root-Dye for decorating mats - boiled, and syrup used as antidiarrhoes Sida cuneifolia Kerundut H
Stem-Toothbrush/chewing stick; Handles; hives; walking sticks
Solanum nigrum Sojo or isochot H
Leaves –– Vegetable Sap-relieves painful cut on the body
Sonchus sp.
Cheparaa
H
Root – chewed to ease stomach upset
Thalictrum rhynchocarpum Chesumeiyot H
Roots-crushed and boiled to form antidote for diarrhea in children Leaves – sap applied on wounds
Tragia brevidens Sambachet H/C
Leaves – Goat browse Sap – Treatment for mastitis
Triumfetta ruwenzoriensis Miswot H
Leaves – Fodder Stem- Roofing ropes/strings
Urtica sp. Sabajet L
Leaves-Human vegetable - cattle graze
Gouania longispicata Riksoit C
Stem- Sap used for healing fresh wounds Leaves & stem –Browsed by goat & sheep
Adenia sp. Chemyalelder C
Stem & leaves – Ceremonial in marriage, circumcision, engagement Roots – Boiled, and exudates used to relieve stomach upsets in children
Culcasia scandens Kataputiet C Leaves-Smoking hives during honey harvesting Cyphostemma orondo
Simet
C
Dumasia villosa
Ng’wang’wanyet C
Eulophia horsfalli Sigotiet C
Leaves-sap used for treating lumbago Leaves-Livestock browse Tuber-Gun exudates used to attach arrowhead to shaft Root-De-worming humans
Ficus sp. Kipchimdet C Stem- Used o join arrow shafts to the handle Helimus mystacinus Sesiat C
Leaves & inflorescence – crushed and inhaled to cure epilepsy
Hippoctratea Africana Ng’ngichet C
Sap exudates-chewed as gum Stem-strings for tying
Hippocratea graciliflora
Kipcheiyot
C
Hippocratea sp. Chepseleitet C
Dried leaves – for starting fires Stem-String for tying rafters Leaves & Stem- Ash taken to ease coughs Fruit-juice used as dye
Ipomoea wightii
Kimoiyat
C
- livestock fodder
Ipomoea sp
Chepteleliet
C
Leaves & stem-Browsed by livestock
Landolphia sp. Ngingichet C
Stem-tying string - Milk sap as chewing gum