Embelia keniensis

Botanical Description

Embelia keniensis is an evergreen shrub or a climbing plant that can reach up to 10 metres tall[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine Embelia keniensis was last collected in 1988. On the Mutonga river this species was not found after repeat surveys in the area. However, there is imprecision on the exact collecting locality of the specimen from Mutonga river. There is also anecdotal evidence from the Limuru area there have been 30 plants that have been found in people's gardens. The plant is classified as 'Data Deficient' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].