Our supplier partner Kapi has built a solid reputation for supplying high quality, eco-friendly Mosquito Coils. Our coils are made with Pyrethrum flowers from Kenya, which is the most natural way to kill and repel mosquitoes, midges, etc.

Today our supplier has the largest mosquito coil production capacity in Kenya. They manufacture Mosquito Coils under  brand names (Flower and Combat) but in addition, the company also produces a variety of branded coils under contract for customers in a number of countries in Africa, Scandinavia and Europe.

The main active ingredient is Natural Pyrethrum, but we can also provide coils made of any other active ingredients (d-Allethrin, Esbiothrin, etc.) and can meet your requirements in terms of concentration of active ingredients, packaging (boxes, outer and inner wrappers can be printed to any design in any language), etc.

Our coils are submitted to constant quality control and are registered in Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway.

Beside supplying the local market in Kenya with its own branded products, Kapi has a long tradition of contract manufacturing, with some of our customers dating back 30 years ago.

These Mosquito Coils are produced for international distributors, multinational chemicals and pesticides companies to suit their particular specifications.

On inquiry we can also supply you with insect repellents, such as roll-on, cream and impregnated towelettes, perfumed and insect repelling towelettes, with customer's own printing. Suitable for airlines, hotels, tour operators, etc

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Mosquito coils
Mossy chips
Mosquito sticks and joss sticks
Home and Garden insect spray
Pet Shampoo

A Comprehensive Range of Environment and User-Friendly Natural Pyrethrum based Products

Mosquito Coils: formulated with natural Pyrethrum flowers to kill and repel mosquitoes.

Flower Mosquito Coils
Formulated to contain 0.3% Pyrethrins (Natural Kenyan Pyrethrum)
More Pyrethrins! More killing power!
Contains no synthetic toxicants

Perfumed (red coil) or Premium (green coil) - The choice is yours

Packing : carton of 36 boxes of 10 coils

Combat Mosquito Coils
A fighting brand in the war against mosquitoes and malaria.
Contains 0.2% Pyrethrins (Natural Kenyan Pyrethrum) or 0.1% d-Allethrin (synthetic Pyrethroid).

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Mossi Chips: for use in electrical mosquito destroyer vaporizer. Volatilize natural pyrethrins to kill and repel mosquitoes.

A most effective way to keep a room free of mosquitoes and other small pests all night long. Heat releases natural Pyrethrins smokeless into the air, killing mosquitoes in the room, repelling those outside.

Mossi Chips made with Refined Natural Pyrethrum extract contain no allergens.

The swift silent mosquito killer is available in a range of fragrances (Regular, Sandal, Floral, Lavender). Each chip contains a minimum of 60mg of Pyrethrins for maximum efficiency.

Sealed in sachets of 2 Chips for use in electrical mosquito vaporizers. Carton of 60 boxes, each containing 30 Chips.

We also supply 2 varieties of quality vaporizers designed to insure optimum performance of our Mossi Chips:

• Cordless Plastic type - 2 Pin - with pilot lights - 220-240V Tray of 10
• Attractively fashioned out of Bamboo, complete with 2 pin cord and pilot light 220-240V Carton of 36

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Mosquito Sticks and Joss Sticks: fragrant incense sticks formulated with Kenyan natural Pyrethrum to kill and repel mosquitoes or just to perfume your environment pleasantly.

Incense or Joss Sticks have been used at least since the time of the Ancient Egyptians and Assyrians and are even mentioned in the Bible.

Flower Mosquito Sticks
Made with natural Pyrethrum to repel and kill mosquitoes, midges, etc. Guaranteed 0.5% Pyrethrum. Each stick burns for over an hour, giving out a pleasant fragrant incense (regular, sandal, rose).

Contains no synthetic toxicants. Ideal for use in the home or outdoors.

Packing: carton of 12 doz. boxes of 20g

Agarbattis or incense sticks
Flower of Africa
3 assorted tropical perfumes :
Carton : 12 doz. x 25g boxes
11"sticks

Sunbird
6 assorted perfumes :
Box pack:
Carton : 12 doz. x 25g boxes
8" sticks

We also can provide cellophane bundles of 100 or 50g or in packets, printed to customers own specifications.

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Home & Garden Insect Spray: a non-staining Pyrethrum water-based formulation incorporating a trigger sprayer. For easy spot control of household and garden insect pests.

For easy and safe control of household and garden insect pests.

A non-staining eco-friendly Pyrethrum water-based formulation, incorporating a plastic trigger sprayer.

In the garden: Spray plants to run off - Kills Aphids, Beetles, Ants, Capsids and other insects.
Indoors: Space spray for flying insects - Kills flies, mosquitoes, lake flies, etc.
Surface spray for crawlers. Kills fleas, ants, bedbugs, lice, cockroaches, etc.

Complete Units
Carton of 12x 1 liter

Refills
Carton of 12x 1 liter

5 Liter Jerry can

Multi purpose trigger sprayer : a leak proof and adjustable plastic trigger sprayer on an empty 1 liter bottle. Ideal for dispensing pesticides for use in home, garage and public health.

Carton of 12 complete units

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Pet Shampoo: insecticidal, containing natural refined Pyrethrum for safe and effective control of fleas, ticks, lice, etc. on domestic animals.

Kapi pet shampoo, Dudukrin (TM), contains natural refined Pyrethrum synergised for safe and effective control of fleas, ticks, lice, etc. on warm blooded domestic animals, including dogs, cats.

Pyrethrum is a natural, eco-friendly product, is not persistent and has no residual effect on the coat. Dudukrin (TM) pet shampoo contains no synthetic toxicants.

Tests have proven the safety of Pyrethrum based shampoos on pets as young as 4 weeks. The formula has stood the test of of time: over 30 years on the East African Market.

Natural Kenyan Pyrethrum swiftly kills external parasites, while the hypoallergenic shampoo leaves them clean and conditioned.

Available in 250ml, 1 liter and 5 liter containers

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Pyrethrum
Production, Chemistry, Toxicology, and Uses

For over 160 years, pyrethrum has been safely and effectively used as a pesticide the world over. The flowers of this daisy, which contain a mixture of pleasant-smelling esters called the pyrethrins, have highly unusual insecticidal properties. Unique in their ability to repel most insect pests while posing virtually no threat to the environment, pyrethrins have been the subject of great interest to a wide variety of scientists.
John E. Casida, a world-renowned authority on the subject, has assembled a group of distinguished contributors to discuss topics ranging from the relationship between pyrethrum and synthetic pyrethroids to cultivation to metabolism to mammalian and environmental toxicology. Along the way, the history of pyrethrum flowers and pyrethrins, the chemistry of active pyrethrin ingredients, the mode of action and resistance, the control of pests, and residues and tolerances are also expertly treated. As safety aspects of pesticides are reevaluated with regard to current regulatory, social, and political implications, pyrethrum has increasingly been seen as the prototype for safe, natural pesticides.

Pyrethrum is the most widely used botanical insecticide in the World. The active ingredient, pyrethrin, is extracted from the chrysanthemum plant, Dendranthemum (Chrysanthemum) cinerariaefolium, which is grown primarily in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ecuador.

Most insects are highly susceptible to pyrethrum at low concentrations. The compound acts rapidly on insects, causing immediate "knockdown." Flying insects drop almost immediately upon exposure. Pyrethrums also are highly irritating to insects, so they may be used as a "flushing agent" or irritant to make them come out of hiding.

Fast knockdown and actual insect death don't always go hand in hand, as many insects recover after the initial knockdown. For this reason, pyrethrums are mixed with a synergist such as piperonyl butoxide (PBO) to increase insect mortality. Pyrethrums are primarily effective as a contact poison. They affect the central nervous system of insects.

Pyrethrum is nontoxic to most mammals, making it among the safest insecticides in use. In fact, it has more approved EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) uses than any other insecticide. One caution: Allergic skin reactions can be common when using pyrethrum or pyrethrins. Do not use products containing PBO when temperatures exceed 90 degrees F.

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Pyrethroids

Pyrethroids are synthetic materials designed to imitate natural pyrethrum. Pyrethroids are not accepted by organic producer regulations. These synthetic materials have the basic chemistry of pyrethrins but are modified to improve persistence, insecticidal activity, etc. Pyrethroids are widely used in U.S. agriculture under trade names such as Asana, Capture, Astro, Mavrik, Pounce, resmethrin and sumithrin. Use caution when applying these products around water -- they are toxic to fish.

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Pyrethrum & Malaria

Kapi Ltd has been manufacturing Pyrethrum based insecticides since 1964. Pyrethrum is a 100% natural and environment friendly insecticide

Pyrethrum is derived from the dried flowers of Chrysanthemum Cinerariaefolium. The name given to the active insecticidal components of the dried flowers is "Pyrethrins". Kenya is the largest producer of Pyrethrum in the world, supplying 90% of the World's demand.

The Pyrethrum flower provides a highly effective protection against mosquitoes, carriers of killer diseases such as Malaria and Yellow Fever. The physiological action of pyrethrins is to inhibit the mosquitoes from biting and causes repellency, immobilization, paralysis and death.

There is no effective vaccine against Malaria. The only way to avoid it remains avoiding bites. Kapi offers a wide range of products for comprehensive solutions including Mosquito Coils, Sticks, Chips and repellents. These products are complementary to mosquito nets in controlling mosquitoes in the hours between dusk and bedtime, under the net.

Pyrethrum is a complex insecticide with the following outstanding properties:

• Rapid Action: Pyrethrum is a contact insecticides attacking the nervous system of insects almost immediately and causing knockdown, soon followed by kill.
• Low Mammalian Toxicity: No other insecticide can claim such a long record of proven safety towards humans and warm blooded animals. It is one of the least toxic of domestic insecticides available and is rapidly metabolized if accidentally swallowed.
• Lack of Insect Immunity: The structure of the molecule is so complex that insect resistance to Pyrethrum is not a practical problem. A very few isolated cases have been reported, unlike synthetic insecticides.
• Broad Spectrum of Activity: Because Pyrethrum consists of a group of related compounds, it has a wider spectrum of activity against insect species than many single insecticides. It can be used against any insect found in the house or garden: mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, aphids, ants...
• Environment friendly - Non resistant: Pyrethrum is degraded by the combination of sunlight and air and therefore presents little of the hazards which are usually associated with other classes of persistent insecticide.
• Repellency: Pyrethrum is a powerful insect repellent which in combination with its low mammalian toxicity favors it in many applications, such as food and grain storage protection, personal protection (spray-on, roll-on, mosquito coils). Beside repellency, mosquito coils will inhibit target insects from biting.
• Flushing Action: Pyrethrum has a much greater flushing effect than any other insecticide; it disturbs pests in their hiding places forcing them to get out and to get exposed to the insecticide.

Almost half the world's population lives today under the threat of Malaria and some 500 million people fall ill with it each year, making Malaria the most wide-spread of all tropical diseases and one of the most lethal (World Health Organization). Every 20 seconds someone dies of Malaria - there are over 1.5 million victims each year.

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How safe are mosquito coils?

The growing menace of mosquitoes has forced people to turn to mosquito repellents in the form of body lotions, creams, coils and mats. For many families using a mat or lighting a coil is a daily ritual.

According to a study conducted by medical researchers working at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, coils and mats which use synthetic pyrethroids like allethrin, D-allethrin, D-transallethrin, bioallethrin and esbioallethrin are effective in controlling the mosquito menace and the fumes emitted by them are toxic for mosquitoes but safe for humans.

Proper use of coils involve a burning temperature of about 80° C. The smoke from coils deters the mosquitoes from entering the room, while those inside are expelled or their host finding ability is affected. A significant proportion of them are knocked down and killed. Mats are heated in an electrically heated gadget. A mat surface temperature between 80°C and 115° C is ideal.

Toxicological studies at the ICMR indicated that the allethrin group of chemicals are metabolized in mammals rapidly and there were no reports of accumulation of these compounds in animal tissues. They are highly biodegradable and disintegrate in sunlight. There is no chance of their accumulation in the soil as well as plants. Their restricted use, mostly against mosquitoes and that too at very low concentrations, results in little or no chance of their residues in food.

However, a chemical used in these mosquito repellents is a nerve poison. It affects the nervous systems of mosquitoes. Many people are allergic to the vapors coming out of mats and do not use them.

Research abroad has already established that prolonged use of mats is harmful for several organs in the human body. It can lead to corneal damage, shortness of breath, asthma and even damage the liver in the long run. According to the Consumer Guidance Society of Mumbai, many chemicals used in mats can affect male as well as female fertility. It is preferable to use screens on windows or mosquito nets.

Allethrin was produced nearly 36 years ago in the USA. Over the years, extensive studies have been carried out in countries all over the world and there is a vast amount of data available on its effectiveness and safety. Rumors that it causes fever have no scientific basis.

Allethrin is less toxic than caffeine, if swallowed. A mosquito mat contains only about 40 milligrams of allethrin, which on slow evaporation gets dispersed in the air with no long-term effects.

Liquid drops sold in the market to make used mats reusable cannot do so, because the mat made of thick blotting paper loses its ability to uniformly absorb and release allethrin after its use. The drops may also contain other toxic chemicals.

The blotting paper used to make mats contains dioxin, an established cancer causing drug. Traces of dioxin emanate from the mat in the heating process.

According to Mr. Narendra Wagle, a chemical technologist and chairman of the Consumer Guidance Society of India, allethrin affects human beings adversely, but very slowly , and the effect depends upon the weight of the person. There is no danger for heavy persons but light weight children may be affected. As of today no one has reported any adverse effects after long and sustained use of mats and coils daily.

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