Murembu Tree

Ehretia cymosa, Boraginaceae, photo © Michael Plagens

Large shrub or many-branched tree with sprays of small white flowers becoming groups of orange berries. Twigs with whitish hairs. Relatively large elliptic leaves.

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Cordia

a possible Cordia sp. from the Rift Valley, in East Africa, photo © Michael Plagens

White actinomorphic flowers in head-like clusters. Leaves broadly elliptic and leathery. Fruit berry-like but turning hard.

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Cordia

Large-leafed Cordia, Cordia africana, photo © Michael Plagens

Large ovate leaves, stiff textured and with coarse hairs on veins and stems. Petals 5, white, fragrant flowers. Berries orange when ripe.

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Cordia #3

Large-leafed Cordia, Cordia africana, photo © Michael Plagens

Large elliptical leaves with smooth but wavy margins, stiff textured and with coarse hairs on veins and stems. Petals 5, white, fragrant flowers.

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Sandpaper Tree

Sandpaper Tree, Cordia monoica, photo © Michael Plagens

Tough, nearly circular leaves have sandy texture on underside. Trees with smooth, multi-shaded bark.

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Heliotrope

Cynoglossum coeruleum photo © Michael Plagens

Herbaceous plant with bright white clusters of star-shaped flowers. The dark green leaves are lance-shaped.

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Heliotrope

Heliotropium sp, Boraginaceae, photo © Michael Plagens

Herbaceous plant with conspicously scorpioid inflorescence of small white flowers..

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Hound's Tongue

Cynoglossum in Boraginaceae photo © Michael Plagens

Coarse, herbaceous, with blue flowers about a meter tall. Seeds inside clinging burs.

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Forget-Me-Not

Cynoglossum coeruleum photo © Michael Plagens

Mostly herbaceous plant of highland area grasslands. Blue­-and­-white flowers in a curling spike.

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Kenya Natural History

Copyright Michael J. Plagens, page created 4 January 2015,
updated 12 May 2016.

By no means am I an expert on the Natural History of Kenya. I am a novice exploring this part of the World. By creating a page for the species as I encounter them I am teaching myself. If the reader finds an error, please let me know so that I can make corrections (use copyright link).