Murembu
Ehretia cymosa (?)
Small tree growing along side a wide pathway through the grounds of Nairobi National Museum, Kenya, Africa. April 2011.
SHRUB: Large woody shrub or small tree with dark green, elliptical leaves.
Gray bark on main branches, but twigs with whitish hairs.
FLOWERS: The many white flowers appear in convex sprays
similar to elderberry. The stamens are conspicuously exserted. Many bees and
insects usually present.
LEAVES: Small leaves are dark green and heart-shaped.
RANGE: Mid and upper elevations with good rainfall distribution and
growing at forest edges and in gardens. Native to Kenya.
FRUIT: Fruit a small, orange, four-seeded berries in clusters.
UNARMED. Without spines but the hairs on leaves and stems are course
and unpleasant to the touch.
Among the many insects visiting the flowers was a large, showy Flower Chafer beetle.