Thread by @matigary

Am traveling kuruzevha kushanyira dzimwe Hama so. On my way to a place called Warikandwa, then further down to Chirasauta.

Eeh Msaigwa @Wamagaisa passed by your favourite Gandamasungo a minutes ago. If I am lucky, I might pass by where Mamvura drove the bus 😅

I am taking a stroll in the bundu, listening to the birds sing. Also trying to remember the names of these indigenous trees in their natural habitat!

This one is called Zumbani. It has medicinal properties. If u boil it, it can relieve colds/ coughs! The fruit is edible too

2/ This 1 is called feso. When u crush the leaves, they r slippery. It also has medicinal properties and can be used for cleaning and cleansing your hair & scalp. Natural shampoo & hair food. The fruit (feso) has two sharp pins that prick painfully when u step on it.

3/ This thorn tree is called Mupangara. Often found in the pastures. When try if it pricks your sole, it can be a really. nasty experience. The villagers use it as a garden fence. Am not sure if it has any other use

4/ This plant is called Mufenje. Goats love the leaves. There is a Shona idiom which goes Mbudzi kudya mufenje hufananyina

5/ This one is called Muzeze. Pretty much just useful as firewood. It’s soft and invaded by weevils and works when dry

This one is one of the most prolific plant in Zim, found across the savanna and the mountains. Musasa, Botanical name -Brachystegia spiciformis

Where it grows, wild mushroom, nhedzi is commonly found in the rain season. The bark can be used to make beehives. Great firewood

7/ This one is a fruit shrub. It’s called a Muroro. The fruit when ripe turns bright yellow (like quavas) - very sweet. The fruit is called maroro (wild custard-apple)

7/ This is a Muchakata / Muhacha. A tree of serious spiritual/traditional significance. They say our ancestors wld pray for food under it and the food wld be delivered. It’s leaves are sometimes used in traditional brew. Donkeys love the fruit. Used for mukwerera too

9/ This tree is called Mushambahuro, or Mushamba in short - tree grape. Often found in open woodland or rocky areas. Roots & bark can be used to treat fevers. It’s also used as poles for gardens. Ukashandisa for garden poles, the pole quickly regenerates, grows leaves again

10/ This is a Mugodo. I hear it also has medicinal properties but not sure which ones. It often just remains a shrub & doesn’t grow into a very big tree

This tree is called Mutsamvi (kopje fig). There a parasitic plant that has a habit of growing itself on this tree. The bark of mutsamvi can be as strings for making mats

12/ This is a Muzhumu. It’s a type of mutamba (clapper apples or monkey apple). The mazhumu taste better than ordinary matamba

13/ This one is a Mutsubvu. It produces a tasty small fruit which when It ripens turns black.

There is a tsumo which says kure kwegava ndokusina mutsubvu which suggests jackals my eat this fruit, but am not sure 🙈

14/ In the savanna grassland & forests, you also find plenty of blooming colourful flowers of different colors like yellow, purple, red, maroon & so forth. Good sights if you love flowers

15/ This a herbal tea found in many places across the Zimbabwean woodland. It is commonly known as Makoni tea.

It’s used to boost immune system, build stamina, treat stomach & menstrual pain, backache and chest pains, coughs and flu