Scientists have grown an ancient seed from a cave in the Judean Desert into a tree — and it could belong to a locally-extinct species with medicinal properties mentioned several times in the Bible.

A fig tree, commonly known among the Kikuyu community as mugumo, has fallen, causing panic in the central region. According to elders, when a mugumo tree falls, it symbolises something important ...

But to some villagers in Nyeri, when the fallen tree happens to be the sacred mugumo (Fig tree), then it symbolises something important. And with the General Election around the corner ...

Scientists have revived a mysterious, 1,000-year-old seed discovered in the Judean Desert — and the tree that has grown from it could belong to a lost lineage mentioned in the Bible, they say.

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the fig tree known as "mugumo" has traditionally been a shrine, a place of worship and sacrifices. The Kikuyu do not allow a fig tree to be cut down - they believe such an act could spell disaster.