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Description:

C. inaequalis is a deciduous shrub (or small tree) that grows on the margins of the evergreen forest. The pinnately compound leaves with leaflets that have a strong aniseed scent when crushed and small white with orange-yellow flowers with a branched axillary inflorescence. 

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Uses:

• The leaves are cooked and eaten as food.
• The leaf-powder is mixed with honey and eaten.
• The leaf-powder is smeared on the snakebite.
• The leaves are boiled with rock salt and taken as tea.
• The leaves are crushed and packed onto the wounds of animals to expel maggots.
• The leaves are smoked as fumigant against pests and insects such as: flies, mosquitoes, and weevils. The smoke is an insecticide against stored-grain pests. 
• The leaves are used against intestinal worms in animals or humans. 

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• The leaves are taken as umuthi omhlophe. 
• The root powder is inhaled for evil eye.
• The roots are chewed or the powder added in soup that woman drinks menstrual disorder. 
• The twigs are used for herbal steam therapy for spirits.
• The fruits and leaves are chewed for hysteria.

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Reference and further research:

1. Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. and Njoroge, G.N., 2021. Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth. Rutaceae. In Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa (pp. 289-291). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
2. Chavunduka, 1976
3. Meijer, T.M., 1947. The essential oil from the leaves of clausena anisata Hook. f. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays‐Bas, 66(6), pp.395-400.
4. Mukandiwa, L., Naidoo, V. and Katerere, D.R., 2016. The use of Clausena anisata in insect pest control in Africa: A review. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 194, pp.1103-1111.
5. Ntombela, S.A., 2019. Nicknaming among the Zulu: the case of naming medicinal plants. Nomina Africana: Journal of African Onomastics, 33(1), pp.47-59.
6. Omara, T., Kiprop, A.K., Kosgei, V.J. and Kagoya, S., 2022. Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.(Rutaceae): ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry, pharmacological activities, toxicity, and clinical application.
7. Pettey, F.W., 1924. South African psyllids.
8. Rycroft, H.B., 1944. The Karkloof Forest Natal. Journal of the South African Forestry Association, 11(1), pp.14-25.