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  • Chonyi: chiswenya, English: amaranth, Chinese spinach, spiny amaranth, spleen amaranth Giriama: kiswenya Kamba: w'oa, terere (Mwingi), telele-nene Kambe: chiswenya Keiyo: chepkerte, chepkerta Kikuyu: terere Kipsigis: cheptokdogan

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  • Borana: misinga Chonyi: muhama Embu: muvia English: sorghum.

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  • Borana: oda, woda, od Chonyi: mukuyu Embu: mukuyu, nguyu English: sycamore fig Ilchamus: lnaboli

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  • English: ben oil tree, horseradish tree, moringo, drumstick tree Swahili: mrongo, mzunz. e Chonyi: muzungwi Daasanach: hocholoch Giriama: muzungi, muzumbwi, muzungwi Kambe: muzungwi Tharaka: muguunda Sanya: muzungwa

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  • Engl. Borana: gadda, gda Chonyi: mdungu Digo: mdungu, mudhungu Engl.sh: knobwood Gabra: gaddaa Giriama: mdungu Giriama: mdungu Ilchamus: loisuki, lousuk, lousukui

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  • Chonyi: wimbi Embu: ugimbi English: finger millet Kamba: uimbi Kambe: wimbi Keiyo: kipsongik

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  • English: sesame, baniseed, sesamum Swahili: mfuta, ufuta, uvuta, simsim Chonyi: ufuha Digo: ufunha Giriama: ufuha Luo: nyim Luhya (Maragoli): tsinuni Luhya (Tachoni): chikhanu Kambe: ufuha Sanya: sisino Somali: salalmac

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  • The groundnut or peanut, Arachis hypogea (Swahili: njugu karanga, Giriama: nzugu nyasa, nzugu karanga, Chonyi: dzugu, nyasa, Kambe: nzugu kalanga, Luo: dzugu, njugu) also has pods that develop underground.

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  • Remarks: Among the Chonyi, the name mutsunga is occasionally used as a general term for a leafy vegetable.

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  • Uses: FOOD: Leaves eaten as a vegetable (++) (Giriama, Duruma, Chonyi).

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