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Meineckia capillipes is a small shrub or tree from the spurge-related family Phyllanthaceae, known in Tanzania as kizeza-mzitu. It is little studied in cultivation, so most care guidance is inferred from related Phyllanthaceae shrubs rather than this species directly.
Meineckia capillipes is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.
Known locally as Kizeza-mzitu, the plant is small (up to 10 meters), with white, soft wood. The leaves are simple and alternate, and the flowers and fruit are green. The roots are used medicinally by local peoples for stomach problems.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Meineckia capillipes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
