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A banana heart (inflorescence) meal is not a favourite of many people in Kenya. The cone-shaped, purple heart, which hangs forlornly at the end of a banana bunch is not considered as a food component, which explains why it ends up as animal feed.
The purple inflorescence is also used as a lid for water containers in many parts of Kenya. But for Faith Mbogo, a resident of Kirigi near Manyatta Market in Embu North, her family relishes a meal made from the heart, referred to locally as gikoro.
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