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Okra

Should be in a vegetable garden.

Onion[Otungu(dholuo)]

Falls under Liliaceae family

Passion Fruit(Matunda)

A climber that supports itself on other plants by the aid of tendrils, hence should be staked to maximize its production.

Sausage Tree

African indigenous tree

Sow Thistle

This plant has powerful medicinal properties, with some toxicity, but at the same time it is also highly nutritious. It contains, per 100g, around 30mg of vitamin C, 1500 mg of Calcium and 45 mg of Iron. The dried leaves contain up to 28g of protein per 100g - a great nutritional supplement. Use only young leaves as edibles, raw, in salads or cooked, as spinach. Its applications in traditional folk medicine around the world are numerous: blood purifier, hepatic, sedative, febrifuge, tonic, pectoral, and there are even mentions of its use to treat cancer and to help people to quit opium addiction.