136. Crassocephalum rubens (Jacq.) S. Moore (Compos.). 

 Cinusi, cinunce (N), cinunje (Y), cinusika (To). 



There are several plants passing under this name, they are either varieties of this 

 plant or distinct species. Some are regularly eaten and others only when there is 

 great shortage of foods for side-dishes. 



A herbaceous plant, l|-3 ft. high, flowers in heads, deep mauve colour, fruits 

 with pappus of white hairs. Very widespread at all elevations, known to be eaten 

 at Kota Kota Lake-shore and Chinteche. 



The leaves and young shoots are cooked without the use of potashes, groundnuts 

 and tomatoes are added. The product stings the mouth slightly and is not well 

 liked. The leaves are crushed with a little water and rubbed on to cure earache. 



137. Crossopteryx febrifuga (Afzel. ex G. Don) Benth. (Rubiac). 

 Dang we (N), mkako (Y), muwaja iwoko (He), cumika (Nk). 



A tree 10-50 ft. with very dark, brown bark, opposite pubescent leaves, dense 

 terminal cymes of small white sweetly scented flowers, fruits small, round, hard 

 two-ovuled capsule containing winged seeds. Found in the drier parts of lower 

 mountain and plateau areas on poor stony soil. 



Wood not unlike pearwood, pale-brown to pinkish, of very fine texture, hard 

 and durable. It saws and planes to a smooth finish, seasons well and takes a good 

 polish. Weight is 57 lb. per cu. ft. (air-dry). Bark used medicinally (Tt). 



Ref. 14; 17; 22; 26. 



138. Grotalaria anthyllopsis Welw. ex Bak. (Papil.). 

 Jandalala (Ng), See also Thunbergia sp. for same native name. 



A branched herb 1 ft. high, with hairy leaves, flowers yellow or purplish with 

 darker veining. 



The leaves are edible and are eaten during the rains (Kasungu). 

 Ref. 7. 



139. C. cephalotes Steud. 



Cisunkhunihu (T), see Canthium sp. with same name. 



A slightly woody herb, 6-8 ins. high, often unbranched, densely silky, flowers 

 small, yellow. 



The leaves are cooked for a side-dish (Mzimba District). 



140. C. florida Welw. ex Bak.? (Papil.). 

 Bwayaya (N), cawaye (Tu). 



An undershrub with numerous slender branches, grey downy when young, 

 trifoliate leaflets rather fleshy up to half an inch long, flowers bright yellow and 

 numerous in terminal racemes, pods small one-seeded. 



The leaves are pounded and cooked with the help of potashes, they form a 

 mucilaginous product, thelele, which is liked by women but only eaten occasionally 

 by men. 



Ref. 1 ; 5. 



141. C. intermedia Kotschy. 

 Zumba (N, Y, To), lundale (Tu). 



An erect undershrub, 4-5 ft. high with ribbed branches, trifoliate leaves, leaflets 

 long and narrow, flowers bright yellow with the standard conspicuously veined with 



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