I hold an interest in biotechnology and i live in Africa , Nairobi in Kenya to be exact. I am sure there are many plants with certain special triats which would be useful for reasearch, found in Kenya. I was wondering if anyone has any contacts or useful information such as the names of any plants fungi animals fish amphibians. Thank you in advance

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