Medicinal Plants of Kilimanjaro
by Kerstin Hemp, Beatrice Mmary, Andreas & Claudia Hemp
In this booklet 55 medicinal and one cultural important plant species are reviewed. Information is based on own field work and complemented with reviews of the already known properties of these plants. The treated plants are: Acmella caulirhiza, Adansonia digitata (Baobab), Adenia gummifera, Aframomum angustifolium, Alangium chinense (Chinese Alangium), Albizia petersiana (Peter´s Silk Tree), Alchemilla volkensii (Volken´s Lady´s Mantle), Aloe volkensii (Volken´s Aloe), Barleria micrantha, Basella alba (Indian Spinach), Bidens pilosa (Beggar´s Ticks), Bryophyllum pinnatum (Mother of Millions), Conyza floribunda(Horseweed), Cycnium volkensii, Dracaena fragrans (Fragrant Dracaena), Ehretia cymosa, Justicia (= Adhatoda) engleriana, Galinsoga parviflora (Gallant Soldier), Kalanchoe crenata (Nerverdie), Launaea cornuta (Bitter Lettuce), Momordica foetida, Myrsine melanophloeos, Nicandra physalodes (Apple of Peru), Oxalis corniculata (Creeping Wood Sorrel), Oxystigma msoo, Pilea rivularis, Psiadia punctulata, Psidium guayava (Guava Tree), Pterolobium stellatum (Redwing Bush), Phyllanthus suffrutescens, Raphanus sativus (Radish), Rhipsalis baccifera(Mistletoe Cactus), Rhoicissus tridentata (Bushman´s Grape), Rytigynia schumannii (Pendent-fruit coffee-medlar), Ricinus communis (Castor-oil Plant), Rumex steudelii (Steudels Sorrel), Salvia coccinea (Scarlet Sage), Satureja abyssinica, Senecio discifolius, Solanecio angulatus, Solanum incanum (Bitter Apple), Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade), Sphaeranthus bullatus, Tagetes minuta (Muster-John-Henry), Tamarindus indica (Tamarind Tree), Tephrosia vogelii(Fish Poison Bush), Terminalia brownii, Tetradenia riparia (Ginger Bush), Thunbergia alata (Black-eyed Susan), Tithonia diversifolia (Tree Marigold), Toddalia asiatica (Orange Climber), Tridax procumbens (Tridax Daisy), Triumfetta flavescens, Viola abyssinica (Abyssinian Violet), Wahlenbergia abyssinica, and Zehneria scabra.
A Guide to Indigenous Trees for Sustainable Plantations on Mt Kilimanjaro
Claudia Hemp, Beatrice Mmary, Dominick Kavishe and Andreas Hemp
In this booklet 20 tree species typical for the submontane plantation belt, partly originating from the montane forest zone, are treated. We provide information about their propagation, Agroforestry, edible and medicinal uses. The following trees are depicted: Afrocarpus (Podocarpus) falcatus – Bastard Yellowwood, Albizia schimperiana, Calodendron capense – Cape Chestnut, Cordia
africana, Croton megalocarpus, Entandrophragma excelsum – Tallest Tree of Africa, Ficus lutea – Dahomey Rubber Tree, Garcinia tanzaniensis, Hagenia abyssinica – East African Rosewood, Khaya anthotheca – White Mahogany, Leptonychia usambarensis, Macaranga kilimandscharica, Milicia excelsa – African Teak, Newtonia buchananii – East African Newtonia, Olea africana –
Wild or African Olive, Podocarpus latifolius – Broad-leaved Yellowwood – Podo, Polyscias fulva, Prioria msoo (Harms) Breteler, Spathodea campanulata – African Tulip Tree, and Trichilia emetica – Natal Mahogany.
Guide for sustainable plantations on Kilimanjaro (English / PDF)
Guide for sustainable plantations on Kilimanjaro (Swahili / PDF)
New topographical map of Kilimanjaro
Over 1600 vegetation plots were used with intensive land surveys to prepare a first detailed vegetation map of Mt Kilimanjaro.
This map was taken to develop a high-quality physiographic map as a base for ecotourism, nature conservation and land planning at a scale 1:100.000 for the entire Kilimanjaro massif. Besides a highly accurate relief representation (with elevation contours, spot-heights, hill-shading and rock-drawing) the map shows the complete infrastructure of the National Park (incl. climbing routes, drink-water holes, camp-sites) as well as the current vegetation distribution and land-use. With this the map represents an important tool for land and nature management and planning, e.g. for the National Park authorities, the rural land planning division and environmental NGOs as well as an important scientific and logistic
base for researchers. Tourists and tourist guides will find it useful to get information of the environment along the climbing routes
and will get attracted to other destinations outside the national park with this enhancing touristic activities beside the normal climbing tourism. This might help to increase eco- and cultural tourism inside
the villages.
The map is in English and German.
Maps can be ordered at:
For Africa:
mmarybeatrice@gmailcom
for a price of 15 US Dollars or 40.000 TSH.
For Europe:
Consortium for Comparative High-Mountain Research (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für vergleichende Hochgebirgsforschung, ARGE). Price: 16,80 €
Video clips & documentations
Watch video clips online! The tallest trees of Africa and the KiLi Project (English)
Deutsche Welle:
http://www.dw.com/en/africas-tallest-tree-under-%20threat/av-37978836
AZAM News (Swahili):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfAYmwYW_Ls
The discovery of a large Balloon Bushcricket in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania (English):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XT7MuL7V_g
Tree Planting Kahe area Kilimanjaro with Bishop Dr Frederick Shoo
https://www.facebook.com/dw.kiswahili/videos/kkkt-yaongoza-juhudi-kutunza-mazingira-ya-mlima-kilimanjaro/782760895693883/