Mount Kenya Trust
KenyaOur project aims to restore the degraded Upper Imenti Forest, a critical wet-season habitat for elephants near Mount Kenya. This area has suffered from deforestation over many years, and we are working to reverse this by planting 200,000 native trees to help revive the ecosystem and protect wildlife.
Fast growing and soil fertilizing species
These trees are strong and easy to grow. Commonly planted in large quantities, they build the base of a plantation system.
Bridelia micrantha
Mitzeeri
Syzygium guineense
Woodland waterberry
Grevillea robusta
Southern silky oak
Teclea nobilis
Teclea
Albizia gummifera
Peacock flower
Ficus sur
Broom cluster fig (Eng.)
Cordia africana
Otayita (Konsogna)
Olea africana
Brown Olive
Croton megalocarpus
Croton / Croton tree
Markhamia lutea
Nile tulip
Acacia xanthophloea
Afrikaans (koorsboom)
Fruit and medicinal species
These trees produce the most delicious fruits or very useful ingredients for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
Margaritaria discoidea
Pheasant-berry
Erythrina abyssinica
Red-hot-poker tree
Rare and magnificent species
Some trees impress by their sheer size or longevity, while others hold their particular beauty from their inner fight against the threats of extinction that loom upon them.
Ficus thonningii
Strangler Fig
Prunus africana
African cherry
Ficus sycomorus
Afrikaans (sycomorusvy
Spathodea campanulata
Nandi Flame
Vitex keniensis
Meru Oak
Ocotea usambarensis
Endangered
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