Boni: Mitongu.
Kamba: Kitungulu.
Habitat: up to 900 m altitude.
Use: roots are edible.
BotanyShrub or tree; 1 to 5 m tall.
Root: white; fleshy.
Leaves: very dark green, fleshy, elliptic, nearly round about; 8 cm across, smooth or sandpapery.
Flowers: greenish, in corymbose racemes; buds 7 to 11 mm across.
Fruit: ellipsoid; 2 to 6 by 3 cm; obviously ridged.
region: Kenya: Mararani.