SPECIES


Local Name : Tsingoshe
Scientific Name : Passion Fruit
Habit : Climber
Uses : It helps expectant mothers in deliveryand the fruit is also eaten
Morphology : It has green oval leaves, flowers are white in colour and black seeds
Life Cycle : Flowers during rainy season.
Habitat : Moist grassland Moist streambank Bushes and shrubberies Dense forest Near cultivated land
Distribution : kakamega forest ( Itumbu) but is currently cultivated by communities adjacent.
Estimated Population : >1000 (The plants were getting scarce in the forest but have started regenerating since commercialization. )
Average Altitude : 4000-5000 ft
Part Used : Roots