Trees/shrub
Common Name: Broad-leaved Croton
Swahili Name: Mfurufuru
Usage and treatment
Part used: Leaves, fruits, seeds and stem
Attractive tree often planted to provide shade in plantations
Stabilizes and enriches the soil
Seeds are used as a fish poison
A vegetable salt is prepared from the ashes of the burnt leaves
Most parts of the plant are used to treat various conditions
The juice from the leaves is used as an anthelmintic to rid the body of parasites and toxins
A root decoction is used as an anthelmintic for tapeworm
The juice is also for dealing with skin problems, applied on wounds to hasten clotting and treat sores, warts and ringworm
The leaves or young shoots are eaten to treat fever and oedema
A boiled leaf decoction is drunk, or the ashes taken orally, as a treatment for cough
A decoction of the young leafy shoots, combined with Justicia schimperiana, pepper, butter and milk, is used in the treatment of jaundice, and for an eruptive disease resembling small-pox
An extract of leaves is used against itchy scalp, as a purgative, to treat malaria and venereal diseases
The bark is an ingredient for effective purgative and vermifuge
The seed is eaten to procure abortion
A preparation of the seed is instilled into the ear as a remedy for ear-troubles
The crushed leaves and seed mixed are drunk in water as a remedy for tapeworm.
Fun fact:
Eburru forest has diverse habitats
It’s home to 188 known species of birds
Here are some of the most beautiful ones
Common Name: Broad-leaved Croton
Swahili Name: Mfurufuru
Usage and treatment
Part used: Leaves, fruits, seeds and stem
Attractive tree often planted to provide shade in plantations
Stabilizes and enriches the soil
Seeds are used as a fish poison
A vegetable salt is prepared from the ashes of the burnt leaves
Most parts of the plant are used to treat various conditions
The juice from the leaves is used as an anthelmintic to rid the body of parasites and toxins
A root decoction is used as an anthelmintic for tapeworm
The juice is also for dealing with skin problems, applied on wounds to hasten clotting and treat sores, warts and ringworm
The leaves or young shoots are eaten to treat fever and oedema
A boiled leaf decoction is drunk, or the ashes taken orally, as a treatment for cough
A decoction of the young leafy shoots, combined with Justicia schimperiana, pepper, butter and milk, is used in the treatment of jaundice, and for an eruptive disease resembling small-pox
An extract of leaves is used against itchy scalp, as a purgative, to treat malaria and venereal diseases
The bark is an ingredient for effective purgative and vermifuge
The seed is eaten to procure abortion
A preparation of the seed is instilled into the ear as a remedy for ear-troubles
The crushed leaves and seed mixed are drunk in water as a remedy for tapeworm.
Fun fact:
Eburru forest has diverse habitats
It’s home to 188 known species of birds
Here are some of the most beautiful ones
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| Doherty's bush shrike |
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| Eastern double-collared sunbird |
By Kilonzo, senior naturalist at the Great Rift Valley Lodge
