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2 unusual facts about Taita Hills


Commelina lukei

It is found primarily in coastal areas, many of them densely populated, but it also extends inland into the much more rural Taita Hills in Kenya and the western Usambara Mountains in Tanzania.

Taita Hills

More than 20 endemic species of African violets (e.g. Saintpaulia teitensis) occur exclusively in that region and known endemic bird species are the Taita Thrush (Turdus helleri) and the Taita Apalis (Apalis fuscigularis).



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Wadawida

The Wadawida people or Taita as they are commonly referred are believed to have moved into their present Taita Hills as early as the 18th century.