Balanites aegyptiaca	Desert date, Ngoswet (Tugen)	Balanitaceae	Tree	Leaves eaten raw or cooked Used as animal fodder. Has medicinal value where the oil is consumed for headaches or used to improve lactation.
Maerua angolensis	Bead bean	Capparaceae	Shrub	The leaves are used during famine periods as a food supplement. Plant treats anorexia and the bark extracts used to heal wounds.
Zizyphus mucronata	Buffalo thorn, Noiwet (Tugen)	Rhamnaceae	Shrub	Acts as a natural fence. Provides shade from lightning, used as a painkiller and the leaves are edible as they can be cooked into tasty spinach.
Maerua triphylla	Small bead bean	Capparaceae	Shrub	Produces charcoal and cures dizziness, headache and venereal diseases. Fresh roots are chewed to treat snake bites and the leaves are cooked and eaten during food shortage. Maasai community consider it good fodder for donkeys and goats.
Grewia bicolor	White raisin Sitewo (Tugen)	Tiliaceae	Shrub	Fruits are edible and are of local commercial importance. Has medicinal value as it cures stomach upsets, skin and intestinal infections.
Acacia mellifera	Blackthorn, Honey acacia Ng’oror (Tugen)	Fabaceae (Mimosaceae)	Shrub	Good for fencing, livestock feed and building material for huts. Flowers are a source of nectar for honey producing bees. Wood is highly prized for fuel and charcoal making.
Cissus quadrangularis	Devils backbone, Cherorowo (Tugen)	Vitaceae	Shrub	Tortoise food. Acts as traditional medicine as it treats broken bones, injured ligaments and tendons as well as in treating stomach upsets.
Acacia reficiens	Red bark acacia, red thorn, False umbrella tree, Barsule (Tugen)	Fabaceae (Mimosaceae)	Shrub	Wood used to build temporary houses, used as firewood, charcoal and the straight stems as poles. Branches are used for fencing and the thorns for ear piercing.
Berchemia discolor	Wild almond (En) Muchukwa (Tugen)	Rhamnaceae	Shrub	Used as fodder. Fruits and gum are edible. The fruits eaten and boiled with sorghum. The leaves are used to make tea and the wood is excellent for making furniture and produces dye.
Adenium obesum	Desert rose, Impala lily, Mwadiga (Swahili)	Apocynaceae	Shrub	Used as a house plant. The toxic sap from its roots and stem is used as arrow poison for hunting and as fish toxin.
Grewia villosa	Grey leaved saucer berry, Grey leaved cordial, Salabani (Tugen)	Boraginaceae	Shrub	Has food as well as non-food uses. Its roots are used to treat body pain, wounds, syphilis and small pox. Has good quality fibre and the small stems are used as walking sticks.
Calotropis procera	Rubber bush, Rubber tree, Labosake (Tugen)	Asclepiadaceae	Shrub	Eaten as fruit. Has cultural significance and the fibrous content from the seeds used in filling pillows. Acts as a traditional medicine and used in treating cases of cutaneous diseases, intestinal worms, coughs, asthma and paralysis.
Brachiaria ruziziensis	Congo Signal grass	Poaceae	Grass	Forage crop, acts as a permanent/semi-permanent grass for pasture. It’s a very palatable crop having a digestibility of 55% - 75%.
Aloe graminicola	Tengeretwa (Tugen) Mlalangao (Swahili)	Aloaceae	Shrub	Leaves used locally for treating colds, malaria/Hepatitis. Roots are taken to treat anaemia and used to make dye. It’s also grown for aesthetic value.
Chloris virgate	Feather finger grass, Feather windmill grass, Old lands grass	Poaceae	Grass	Has medicinal value as it treats arthritis, rheumatism and nasopharyngeal infections.
Pennisetum purpureum	Nappier grass, Elephant grass	Poaceae	Grass	Fodder for livestock, Prevents soil erosion. Improves soil fertility and used as a source of fuel.