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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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