Brachylaena huillensis

The tree has a very hard wood, which makes it ideal for processing into charcoal. In fact, the tree was Kenya's main source of fuel until the 1830's.

Brachylaena huillensis is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. It is threatened by overexploitation and unsustainable land use. Source - * World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Brachylaena huillensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007. More

Somalia-Masai scrub forest Brachylaena huillensis occurs on the steep northern slopes of the Western Usambara mountains between 700 and 960 m. 2. Zanzibar-Inhambane undifferentiated forest This species is found in the drier forests of this region. More