Kenyan traditional vegetables and species make it to Unesco's list of protected foods

Cooked Black night Shade (Osuga) and Kales.  [Jenipher Wachie, Standard].

Several Kenyan vegetables have made it to the list of Unesco's protected plant species.

Osuga (black nightshade), Managu (Amaranth), Mrenda (jute plant), Terere/Muchicha (pigweed) and Kunde (cowpeas) that you will rarely miss on dinner tables of most Kenyan families have joined the list of 210 vegetables protected under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).