The Hagenia abyssinica, also known by its Kikuyu name Muhooru, can grow up to 25 metres in height. It is incredibly useful in indigenous medicinal practice but is also renowned for its beauty. The large flowers form hanging groups of orange, brown, white, and red—color is formed not by the petals themselves, but by modified leaves, called bracts. Even the dark-red wood of the Muhooru is pleasing to the eye, which has caused many to use it in furniture, floors, and cabinets. Honey harvested nearby a grove of this species is uniquely suited to treat tapeworm. The roots are sometimes cooked into a meat stew which is used to treat general illness and malaria.

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You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

Psalm 8:6-8