Tuesday 13 September 2016
NEW MURENDA FAMILY PLANT SPOTTED IN NAIROBI
A plant that had been growing in fertile gardens in
Nairobi happens to be a class of orphan Murenda
family
The plant had been growing for the past few years
at Railway line vegetable garden until last week
when it was spotted by Uganda students who visited
the garden last week
She told me that the healthy growing plant is Uganda
Murenda and good when cooked and mixed with
pumpkin leaves or cow peas and can be
Later we tasted the plant whose taste is good like
the normal pumpkin when cooked well
On Monday morning a Luhya man visited the garden
told me it is Masaai bush Murenda called in Kiluhya
Mutere Ngombe and is good for mothers who are
breast feeding and also used to clean blood when eaten
he added.
He added that the plant were eaten by Luhya before
Uhuru and also good for Masai cows.
The plant mighty have been growing long time back
in Masaai bush but they never domesticate it because
they are not vegetarian before being domesticated in
Uganda and it is time to be domesticated in Kenya.
Railway line vegetable garden hopes to domesticate it
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Agriculture
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