mipupu

How to say it

Meaning

The velvet bean and jack bean plants, climbing leguminous vines of the genera Mucuna and Canavalia grown or found wild along the coast.

Good to know

plural of mpupu (m-/mi- class).

Examples

• Mipupu imeota kando ya shamba.Velvet bean plants have sprouted at the edge of the farm.
• Je, mipupu hii ni ya kula au ni ya mbegu tu?Are these velvet bean plants edible, or just for seed?
• Mipupu haikuvunwa mwaka huu kwa sababu ya ukame.The velvet bean plants were not harvested this year because of the drought.
• Mwakani tutapanda mipupu zaidi shambani.Next year we will plant more velvet bean plants on the farm.