Nick Lewis: The Blog

// will return links to all node submission forms
print theme('menu_tree_by_path','node/add');

// return the correct menu array by path
function menu_get_mid_by_path($path) {
// oddly, menu_get_item accepts a path, but returns the parent id.
  $menu = menu_get_item(null, $path);
  if (isset($menu['children'])) {
// so we have to extract the mid for theme_menu_tree from one of the child items
    if ($pid = end($menu['children'])) {
      $menu = menu_get_item($pid);
      return $menu['pid'];
    }
  }
}

//theme the crap out of it
function theme_menu_tree_by_path($path) {
  if ($mid = menu_get_mid_by_path($path)) {
    return theme('menu_tree', $mid);
  }
}