Traditional Food Plants of Kenya (National Museum of Kenya, 1999, 288 p.): Species accounts: Lannea rivae (Chiov.) Sacleux

Traditional Food Plants of Kenya (National Museum of Kenya, 1999, 288 p.)

Species accounts

		(introduction...)
		Acacia drepanolobium Sjöstedt
		Acacia hockii De Wild.
		Acacia nilotica (L.) Del.
		Acacia senegal (L.) Willd.
		Acacia seyal Del.
		Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne
		Acokanthera schimperi (A. DC.) Schweinf.
		Adansonia digitata L.
		Aerva lanata (L.) Schultes
		Albizia amara (Roxb.) Boivin
		Amaranthus blitum L.*
		Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell.*
		Amaranthus graecizans L.
		Amaranthus hybridus L.*
		Amaranthus sparganiocephalus Thell.
		Amaranthus spinosus L.*
		Annona senegalensis Pers. ssp. senegalensis
		Antidesma venosum Tul.
		Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anders.
		Asystasia mysorensis (Roth) T. Anders.
		Azanza garckeana (F. Hoffm.) Exell & Hillcoat
		Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del.
		Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schlecht.
		Balanites rotundifolia (Van Tiegh.) Blatter
		Basella alba L.
		Berchemia discolor (Klotzsch) Hemsley
		Borassus aethiopum Mart.
		Boscia coriacea Pax
		Boswellia neglecta S. Moore
		Brassica carinata A. Br.
		Bridelia taitensis Vatke & Pax
		Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
		Canthium glaucum Hiern
		Canthium lactescens Hiern
		Carissa edulis (Forssk.) Vahl
		Catha edulis Forssk.
		Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.
		Cleome gynandra L.
		Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt
		Coffea arabica L.
		Commelina africana L.
		Commelina benghalensis L.
		Commelina forskaolii Vahl
		Commiphora africana (A. Rich.) Engl.
		Commiphora rostrata Engl.
		Commiphora schimperi (O. Berg) Engl.
		Corchorus olitorius L.
		Corchorus trilocularis L.
		Cordia monoica Roxb.
		Cordia sinensis Lam.
		Crotalaria brevidens Benth.
		Crotalaria ochroleuca G. Don
		Cucumis dipsaceus Spach
		Cyperus blysmoides C. B. Cl.
		Cyphia glandulifera A. Rich.
		Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.
		Dactyloctenium giganteum Fischer & Schweick.
		Dialium holtzii Harms
		Dialium orientale Bak. f.
		Digera muricata (L.) Mart.
		Dioscorea bulbifera L.
		Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax
		Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
		Diospyros mespiliformis A. DC.
		Dobera glabra (Forssk.) Poir.
		Dovyalis abyssinica (A. Rich.) Warb.
		Dovyalis macrocalyx (Oliver) Warb.
		Eleusine coracana Gaertn.
		Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter
		Eriosema shirense Bak. f.
		Erucastrum arabicum Fisch. & Meyer
		Euclea divinorum Hiern
		Ficus sycomorus L.
		Ficus thonningii Bl.
		Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
		Flueggea virosa (Willd.) J. Voigt
		Garcinia livingstonei T. Anderson
		Grewia bicolor Juss.
		Grewia tembensis Fres.
		Grewia tenax (Forssk.) Fiori
		Grewia villosa Willd.
		Hoslundia opposita Vahl
		Hydnora abyssinica Schweinf.
		Hyphaene compressa H. Wendl.
		Hyphaene coriacea Gaertner
		Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.
		Ipomoea lapathifolia Hall. f.
		Ipomoea longituba Hall. f.
		Ipomoea mombassana Vatke
		Ipomoea oenotherae (Vatke) Hall. f.
		Kedrostis pseudogijef (Gilg) C. Jeffrey
		Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC.
		Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet
		Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standley
		Landolphia buchananii Stapf
		Landolphia kirkii Dyer
		Lannea alata (Engl.) Engl.
		Lannea edulis (Sond.) Engl.
		Lannea rivae (Chiov.) Sacleux
		Lannea schimperi (A. Rich.) Engl.
		Lannea triphylla (A. Rich.) Engl.
		Lantana trifolia L.
		Launaea cornuta (Oliv. & Hiern) Jeffr.
		Leptadenia hastata (Pers.) Decne.
		Lippia carviodora Meikle
		Lippia kituiensis Vatke
		Maerua decumbens (Brongn.) De Wolf
		Manilkara mochisia (Baker) Dubard
		Manilkara sansibarensis (Engl.) Dubard
		Manilkara sulcata (Engl.) Dubard
		Meyna tetraphylla (Hiern) Robyns
		Mimusops fruticosa Bojer
		Mimusops kummel A. DC.
		Momordica rostrata A. Zimm.
		Mondia whitei (Hook. f.) Skeels
		Moringa oleifera Lam.
		Myrianthus holstii Engl.
		Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc.
		Oxygonum sinuatum (Meisn.) Dammer
		Pachystigma schumannianum (Robyns) Bridson & Verdc.
		Pappea capensis Eckl. & Zeyh.
		Parinari curatellifolia Planch. ex Benth.
		Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
		Phoenix reclinata Jacq.
		Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.) Milne-Redh.
		Portulaca oleracea L.
		Rhus natalensis Krauss
		Rhus tenuinervis Engl.
		Rhus vulgaris Meikle
		Rubus apetalus Poir.
		Rubus pinnatus Willd.
		Rubus volkensii Engl.
		Rumex usambarensis (Damm.) Damm.
		Saba comorensis (Bojer) Pichon
		Salacia madagascariensis (Lam.) DC.
		Salvadora persica L.
		Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst.
		Scutia myrtina (Burm. f.) Kurz
		Sesamum calycinum Welw.
		Sesamum orientale L.
		Solanum nigrum L.
		Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
		Sorindeia madagascariensis DC.
		Stathmostelma propinquum (N. E. Br) Schltr.
		Strychnos henningsii Gilg
		Strychnos madagascariensis Poir.
		Strychnos spinosa Lam.
		Syzygium cordatum Krauss
		Syzygium guineense (Willd.) DC.
		Tamarindus indica L.
		Thylachium thomasii Gilg
		Tylosema fassoglense (Schweinf.) Torre and Hillc.
		Urtica massaica Mildbr.
		Uvaria acuminata Oliv.
		Uvaria scheffleri Diels.
		Vangueria apiculata K. Schum.
		Vangueria infausta Burch. ssp. rotundata (Robyns) Verdc.
		Vangueria madagascariensis Gmel.
		Vangueria volkensii K. Schum. var. volkensii
		Vatovaea pseudolablab (Harms) J. B. Gillett
		Vernonia cinerea Less.
		Vigna friesiorum Harms var. angustifolia Verdc.
		Vigna membranacea A. Rich.
		Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.
		Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
		Vitex doniana Sweet
		Vitex ferruginea Schum. & Thonn.
		Vitex mombassae Vatke
		Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr.
		Ximenia americana L
		Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl. var. chalybeum
		Ziziphus abyssinica A. Rich.
		Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.
		Ziziphus mucronata Willd.
		Termitomyces-mushrooms (edible fungi)

Lannea rivae (Chiov.) Sacleux

Anacardiaceae

syn: L. floccosa Sacleux

Kamba: muthaalwa, kithaala, kithaalua kya kiima Marakwet: latat (plural), lolowe (singular) Pokot: lolotwo Somali: jidwey Turkana: etopojo

Description: Much-branched, spreading, deciduous shrub or tree usually 3-6 m. Trunk and branches rather thick. BARK: Thick, smooth or rough, grey to dark grey. LEAVES: Often simple, dull green, softly hairy, especially beneath, usually borne in clusters on short, stout branchlets. FLOWERS: Yellowish with red patches. Fruit to 1.5 cm long, densely hairy.

Ecology: Grows in southern Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania. In Kenya, e.g. at Moyale, Masii (Machakos), Bisili (Kajiado). Open Terminalia-Combretum bushland and wooded grassland, 300-2,000 m. Common at 1,400-1,900 m on well-aerated sandy, rocky and loam soils. Zones IV-V.

Uses: FOOD: Inner bark chewed for its sweet taste and as a source of water (++). Fruits edible but unimportant.

FOOD/MEDICINAL: Inner bark chewed for colds.

OTHER: Fibre obtained after chewing is used for ropes and weaving; "wool" of dug up roots is used for stuffing mattresses (Mbeere); tree used as a bird-scaring platform (Kamba) in millet fields. Toothbrush. Hedge. Shade.

Management: Propagated by cuttings and seed. Regenerates easily when cut.

Status: Generally uncommon but common in some areas.

Remarks: This species may be a useful support for lianas used for fruit. It resembles L. triphylla, distinguished by its 3-foliolate leaves, smaller growth habit and narrower branches.

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