Knobwood
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swahili name
Mjafari
More Local Names
borana:
Gadda
DIGO:
Mdungu
duruma:
giriama:
Mudhungu/ Mjafari
kamba:
Mukenea
kauma:
kikuyu:
Mucagatha
kipsigis:
Sagawaita
kisii:
kuria:
luhya:
LUO:
Roko
maasai:
Oloisugi/ Oloisuki
maragoli:
meru:
Muguccua
mijikenda:
nandi:
NUBI:
OGIEK:
pokomo:
pokot:
Songowo
rabai:
sabaot:
samburu:
Loisugi
suba:
TURKANA:
Eusugu
Scientific Name
Zanthoxylum chalybeum (Fagara chalybea)
plant family
Plant Details and use
The plant is used by different communities in the treatment of respiratory ailments like coughs and colds. roots, barks and leaves are boiled and drunk.
treatable conditions
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