Chunyu Nursery is a supplier for Zambian indigenous trees. Below is a list of some of the trees they have in stock:
SCIENTIFIC NAME | ENGLISH NAME | LOCAL NAME |
TREES – ACACIAS | ||
ACACIA ATAXACANTHA | FLAME ACACIA | LUNGWIZI |
ACACIA GERRARDII | RED THORN | KAFIFI |
ACACIA KIRKII | YELLOW THORN / FLOOD PLAIN ACACIA | MUNGA / KAFIFI |
ACACIA NIGRESCENS | KNOB THORN | NYAMAPONOMBWE |
ACACIA NILOTICA | SCENTED THORN | UZIMWE |
ACACIA POLYACANTHA (s.sp campy) | HOOK/WHITE THORN | NGOWE |
ACACIA SENEGAL | THREE-THORNED ACACIA | MUMWE |
ACACIA SIEBERANA | WHITE/PAPERBARK THORN | MUNGANUNSHI / MTUBATUBA |
ACACIA TORTILIS | UMBRELLA THORN | KAFIFI |
FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA | WINTERTHORN | MSANGU |
LARGE/MEDIUM TREES | ||
ADANSONIA DIGITATA | BAOBAB | MUUYU / MALAMBE |
AFZELIA QUANZENSIS | POD MAHOGANY | MPAPA |
ALBIZIA HARVEYI | FALSE THORN | M’NJELENJETE |
ALBIZIA VERSICOLOR | POISON POD ALBIZIA | MSASHAMPANGO |
BERCHEMIA DISCOLOR | WILD ALMOND | MTACHA |
COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE | MOPANE | LUPANYE |
COMBRETUM IMBERBE | LEADWOOD | MSIMBITI |
CORDYLA AFRICANA | WILD MANGO | MTONDO |
CROTON MEGALOBOTRYS | FEVERBERRY | MTUTU |
DIOSPYROS MESPILIFORMIS | AFRICAN EBONY / JACKALBERRY | MCHENJA |
DRYPETES MOSSAMBICENSIS | SAND DRYPETES | KAFUPAKACHIMBWE |
ENTANDROPHRAGMA CAUDATUM | WOODEN BANANA | MPANJE |
FICUS BURKEI | COMMON WILD FIG | |
FICUS BUSSEI | ZAMBEZI FIG | KACHELE / MUTOWE |
FICUS SYCOMORUS | SYCAMORE FIG | CHIKU / MKUYU |
HYPHAENE PETERSIANA | VEGETABLE IVORY | KAKOMA (ad) / MLAZA (young) |
KHAYA ANTHOTHECA | RED MAHOGANY | MUWAWA |
KIGELIA AFRICANA | SAUSAGE TREE | MVUNGULA |
KIRKIA ACUMINATA | WILD SYRINGA | MUZUMBA |
LANNEA SCHWEINFURTHII | FALSE MARULA | CHILUSA |
PERICOPSIS ANGOLENSIS | AFRORMOSIA | MUWANGA |
PHILENOPTERA BUSSEI | NARROW LANCE-POD | CHIMPAKASA |
PHILENOPTERA VIOLACEA | LILAC/RAIN TREE | CHIMPAKASA |
PILIOSTIGMA (BAUHINIA) THONNINGII | MONKEYBREAD | MSEKESE / CHITIMBE |
PSEUDOLACHNOSTYLIS MAPROUNEIFOLIA | KUDUBERRY | MSORO |
PTEROCARPUS ROTUNDIFOLIUS | ROUND-LEAVED BLOODWOOD | MBANGOZI |
SCLEROCARYA BIRREA (s.sp. caffra) | MARULA | MSEWE |
STERCULIA AFRICANA | BASTARD BAOBAB | MULELE |
TAMARINDUS INDICA | TAMARIND | MWEMBE |
TRICHILIA EMETICA | CAPE/NATAL MAHOGANY | MSIKIZI |
XANTHOCERCIS ZAMBESIACA | NYALA TREE | BWEMBYA / MPULULU |
XERODERRIS STUHLMANNII | WING POD | CHITONDOTONDO |
SMALL TREES/SHRUBS | ||
ALBIZIA ANTHELMINTICA | WORM-CURE ALBIZIA | KANSALUNSALU |
ALLOPHYLLUS AFRICANUS | MUTATU | |
ANTIDESMA VENOSUM | TASSLEBERRY | MUTANTANYELELE |
BALANITES AEGYPTIACA | TORCHWOOD | MUWAMBA’NGOMA |
BAUHINIA PETERSIANA | WHITE BAUHINIA | MPONDO /(MSEKESE) |
BAUHINIA TOMENTOSA | YELLOW BAUHINIA | MPONDO |
CASSIA ABBREVIATA | LONG-POD CASSIA | MLEZA / CHIKOSWE |
CATUNAREGAM SPINOSA | THORNY BONE APPLE | CHIPEMBELE |
COMBRETUM ADENOGONIUM (fragrans) | FOUR-LEAVED BUSH WILLOW | KALAMA |
COMBRETUM ELAEAGNOIDES | GREY JESSE BUSH | LUSAKA |
COMBRETUM ZEYHERI | LARGE FRUIT BUSH WILLOW | KALAMAFUPA |
CORDIA GOETZEI | GREY BARK CORDIA | MOTOWAMFUMU |
CROTON GRATISSIMUS | LAVENDER CROTON | KATANDAVIBANDA |
DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON | ZEBRAWOOD | KANSALUNSALU |
DEINBOLLIA BORBONICA | SOAPBERRY | KAZIKIZI |
DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA | SICKLE BUSH | LUMPANGALA / LUSOLO |
DIOSPYROS KIRKII | LARGE-LEAF DIOSPYROD | MCHENJA-NKULO |
DIOSPYROS SENENSIS | PEELING BARK / SPINY DIOSPYROS | KAFULU-KALUME / KAONGA |
DIOSPYROS SQUARROSA | RIGID STAR-APPLE | MWANJANE |
EHRETIA AMOENA | SANDPAPER BUSH / STAMPERWOOD | MAKULA |
ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA | LUCKY BEAN/RED HOT POKER | MULUNGUTI |
FERETIA AERUGINESCENS | FERETIA | KABONGA |
FLUEGGIA VIROSA | WHITEBERRY BUSH | KALUKUSWAULA |
GARCINIA LIVINGSTONEI | AFRICAN MANGOSTEEN | CHIPUWE |
GARDENIA VOLKENSII (spatulifolia) | WILD GARDENIA | CHIKOLO |
GREWIA BICOLOR | WHITE-LEAVED GREWIA | KASAZA |
GREWIA INAEQUILATERA | LARGE-LEAVED GREWIA | CHISHESHE |
GREWIA PACHYCALYX | LARGE-FLOWER WHITE GREWIA | CHISHESHE |
HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS | WILD JASMINE | MTOWANSILU |
HYMENODICTYON PARVIFOLIUM | YELLOW FIREBUSH | KASHAWA |
MARKHAMIA ZANZIBARICA | BEAN TREE | KASANIKA |
ONCOBA SPINOSA | FRIED EGG FLOWER | MATANTHA |
PHYLLANTHUS RETICULATUS | POTATO BUSH | KAPULAMBUZI |
SCHREBERA TRICHOCLADA | WOODEN PEAR | KAMBAKUMBAKU |
SENNA SINGUEANA | WINTER SENNA | MZUKYA-NDOLA |
STEREOSPERMUM KUNTHIANUM | PINK JACARANDA | MUTELELANZOVU |
STROPHANTHUS KOMBE | KOMBE TAIL FLOWER | ULEMBE |
ZIZIPHUS ABYSSINICA | WAIT-A-BIT THORN | KANKADNE |
ZIZIPHUS MUCRONATA | BUFFALO THORN | MUKUSAU |
CLIMBERS/SCRAMBLERS | ||
ABRUS PRECATORIUS | LUCKY BEAN VINE | KALUNGUTI / MASOAPUSI |
COMBRETUM MICROPHYLLUM | FLAME CREEPER | CHINTUNGULU(f) |
COMBRETUM MOSSAMBICENSE | KNOBBLY COMBRETUM | CHINTUNGULU CHANALUME (m) |
COMBRETUM OBOVATUM | SPINY COMBRETUM | CHINTUNGULU |
DALBERGIA ARBUTIFOLIA | CLIMBING DALBERGIA | NYAUSUNGU |
JASMINUM FLUMINENSE | JASMINE | KAMEMENA |
ROUREA ORIENTALIS | SHORT POD | KAPULAMBUZI |
STROPHANTHUS COURMONTII | TAILLESS TAIL FLOWER | NYAMALAMBO |
STROPHANTHUS NICHOLSONII | MOPANE TAIL FLOWER | NYAMALAMBO |