Kikuyu word senses marked with lifeform category "Shrubs"

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Parent categories: Plants, Lifeforms, Life, Nature
Subcategories: Apiales order plants, Bignonia family plants, Citrus subfamily plants, Conifers, Cornales order plants, Custard apple family plants, Ericales order plants, Lamiales order plants, Laurel family plants, Legumes, Madder family plants, Myrtales order plants, Myrtle family plants, Proteales order plants, Rue family plants, Sapindales order plants, Soapberry family plants, Sumac family plants

Total 69 word senses

• icani (Noun) tea-leaves
• kahũa (Noun) coffee, including the plant (Coffea arabica)
• mbaage (Noun) Fruit and seeds of plants of species Biancaea decapetala (Mauritius thorn) (mũbaage); seeds were used for divination.
• mboco (Noun) dwarf bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
• minji (Noun) pea (Pisum sativum)
• muunjuga (Noun) butterfly bush (Rotheca myricoides, syn. Clerodendrum myricoides)
• muunjuga-iria (Noun) butterfly bush (Rotheca myricoides, syn. Clerodendrum myricoides); recently reported that decoction of a shoot or roots used for treating STDs, including syphilis and gonorrhea.
• muunjuga-iria (Noun) Pavetta elliottii
• mwĩnũ (Noun) peanut butter cassia, candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya, syn. Cassia didymobotrya); traditionally used as a purgative, etc.
• mũbaage (Noun) Mauritius thorn (Biancaea decapetala, syn. Caesalpinia decapetala, C. sepiaria); native to Asia, but naturalized to Kenya for a very long time; traditionally used for hedge.
• mũbariti (Noun) silky oak, southern silky oak (Grevillea robusta)
• mũbaũ (Noun) blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus)
• mũbirũbirũ (Noun) tree or shrub of Rubiaceae; Rytigynia uhligii (syn. R. schumannii）
• mũbirũbirũ (Noun) tree or shrub of Rubiaceae; Canthium oligocarpum subsp. friesiorum (syn. Rytigynia friesiorum)
• mũbĩngũ (Noun) African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
• mũcarage (Noun) East African olive, Elgon olive (Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa, syn. O. hochstetteri); its timber is traded internationally.
• mũcarage (Noun) Elgon olive (Olea welwitschii, syn. Linociera welwitschii)
• mũcarage (Noun) Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense)
• mũcemeki (Noun) Afrocrania volkensii (syn. Cornus volkensii), a timber-tree of the family Cornaceae.
• mũciciũ (Noun) Premna maxima, a tree species of the family Lamiaceae (formerly Verbenaceae); endemic to Kenya, producing timber, but in the IUCN Red List evaluated as 'Endangered' due to probable habitat loss caused by local development.
• mũembe (Noun) mango-tree (Mangifera indica)
• mũgaa (Noun) red acacia (Vachellia seyal, syn. Acacia stenocarpa, A. seyal)
• mũgaita (Noun) Certain species of Primulaceae producing fruits (ngaita) used as a vermifuge.; Cape myrtle (Myrsine africana)
• mũgaita (Noun) Certain species of Primulaceae producing fruits (ngaita) used as a vermifuge.; Myrsine rhododendroides, syn. Rapanea rhododendroides
• mũgoro (Noun) tree-fuchsia (Halleria lucida)
• mũhoko (Noun) endod, African soapberry (Phytolacca dodecandra; though very poisonous, parts of this plant were traditionally used for treating cattle sickness and as aperient for human being.
• mũkarakaba (Noun) cypress, especially Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)
• mũkenia (Noun) Lantana trifolia
• mũkinyai (Noun) magic guarri (Euclea divinorum)
• mũkomakoma (Noun) Psychotria fractinervata (syn. Grumilea exserta)
• mũkomakoma (Noun) Galiniera saxifraga (syn. G. coffeoides) (Rubiaceae)
• mũkongoro (Noun) mortar for making sugar-cane beer; according to Leakey (1977), it was made of red stinkwood (mũiri).
• mũkorobia (Noun) avocado (Persea americana)
• mũkorombothi (Noun) Afrocrania volkensii, a timber-tree of the family Cornaceae
• mũkũndũ (Noun) several tree species of the family Rubiaceae; Mitragyna rubrostipulata (syn. Fleroya rubrostipulata); yields timber.
• mũkũndũ (Noun) several tree species of the family Rubiaceae; Meyna tetraphylla
• mũkũngũgũ (Noun) Commiphora eminii subsp. zimmermannii (syn. C. missionis, C. zimmermannii), tree of the family Burseraceae; traditionally used by Kikuyu people for hedging, supporter of yam vine, and so on.
• mũna (Noun) muna (Pouteria adolfi-friedericii, syn. Aningeria adolfi-friedericii); yields timber.
• mũraraciĩ (Noun) Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense)
• mũratina (Noun) sausage tree; its ripe fruits are used for fermenting sugar-cane beverage and in Nyeri County, decoction of the leaves, barks and fruits is allegedly used for treating gonorrhoea, syphilis, measles, etc.
• mũrera (Noun) fever tree, Naivasha thorn (Acacia xanthophloea)
• mũrera-kĩĩmbu (Noun) Canthium oligocarpum subsp. friesiorum (syn. Rytigynia friesiorum), shrub or tree species of the family Rubiaceae
• mũringathinga (Noun) Mussaenda microdonta subsp. odorata (syn. M. odorata); tree or shrub of the family Rubiaceae
• mũrũrũ (Noun) ramontchi, governor's plum, Indian plum (Flacourtia indica); fruit edible.
• mũrũrũa (Noun) Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense)
• mũrũrũe (Noun) forest pepper, Lopez root, wild orange tree (Toddalia asiatica); formerly its leaves and roots were used for treating feverish colds, and recently leaf decoction for colds, asthma, chest pain and toothache
• mũtamaiyũ (Noun) wild olive, brown olive (Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata, syn. O. africana, O. europaea subsp. africana, O. chrysophylla)
• mũtarakwa (Noun) African pencil cedar, East African cedar (Juniperus procera)
• mũtatĩ (Noun) parasol tree; Polyscias kikuyuensis; produces soft timber, used traditionally for making beehive and mole-trap.
• mũthaitĩ (Noun) East African camphorwood (Kuloa usambarensis; syn. Ocotea usambarensis) or Ocotea kenyensis; wood of at least the former one was used for making partitioning walls (mĩhĩrĩgo), containers related to honey, etc.
• mũthandũkũ (Noun) black wattle, especially Acacia decurrens
• mũthandũkũ (Noun) chicken pox
• mũthathumwa (Noun) Hypericum revolutum, a shrub or tree of the St. John's wort family (Hypericaceae)
• mũthegethe (Noun) canary-bird bush, birdflower, lion's claw, rattlebox (Crotalaria agatiflora)
• mũthithe (Noun) African sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata, syn. O. abyssinica)
• mũtomoko (Noun) cherimoya tree (Annona cherimola)
• mũtĩ-mũirũ (Noun) Galiniera saxifraga (syn. G. coffeoides); shrub or tree of the family Rubiaceae
• mũtĩ-mũirũ (Noun) shrub or tree species of the genus Turraea (Meliaceae); Turraea holstii
• mũtĩ-mũirũ (Noun) shrub or tree species of the genus Turraea (Meliaceae); Turraea abyssinica
• mũtũma (Noun) Schrebera alata, tree of the family Oleaceae
• mũtũngũrũ (Noun) forest fever tree (Anthocleista grandiflora, syn. Anthocleista zambesiaca)
• ndabibi (Noun) wood sorrel (Oxalis sp.)
• ndabibi (Noun) clover (Trifolium sp.)
• ndimũ (Noun) lime (Citrus × aurantiifolia)
• njahĩ (Noun) seed(s) of hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus, syn. Dolichos lablab)
• noe (Noun) Lima bean(s), butter bean(s), Madagascar bean(s) (Phaseolus lunatus)
• ruai (Noun) whistling thorn (Vachellia drepanolobium, syn. Acacia drepanolobium)
• rũathe (Noun) Psydrax parviflora, especially subsp. rubrocostata (syn. Canthium rubrocostatum), tree of the madder family (Rubiaceae); yields timber.
• thandara (Noun) tangerine

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