USES.Minor medicinal for sore eyes and sore gums (Tanner) and against lumbago (Ruffo); roots used for snuff (Tanner); possibly used as medicine by chimpanzees (Turner); leaves fed to animals to cure ulcers (Murugu)CONSERVATION Least concern (LC) “One of the most characteristic plants of East Africa” (Burtt, 1932, T 5).  A very polymorphic species. Wild (1967): “Extremely polymorphic, at times approaches A. africana but differs in cuneately based leaves and yellow rather than dark or black anther appendages. The purple markings on paleae and disc florets appear apparently at random througout the range; intermediates are frequent”. HB has struggled long over the systematics of A. monocephala/mossambicensis and the host of synonyms. I believe the East and Central African material is all one polymorphic taxon (Charles Jeffrey agrees, pers. comm.), and the oldest available name is mossambicensis. It is quite possible the South African natalensis is the same as well but I feel it best to await a critical revision. All the characters used to keep the constituent taxa separate were gradual rather than absolute, and seem to boil down to the number of capitula (one or 2–3) and the phyllary apices (obtuse or rounded/subacute or obtuse). The name gillettii is brought into synonymy here, as no differences can be upheld. Richards 21242 fromT7, Ruaha National Park, is described as an annual, but with yellow florets with yellow anther appendages and the other characters apparent can only be this species. The type of Wedelia katangensis is described as being annual shoots from a perennial base in a fire-induced vegetation. Wild considered Wedelia ringoetii to be a synonym of A. mossambicensis. HB agrees with Lisowski that it is a synonym of A. ciliata instead .