Ngo-2010, i-Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (manje eyi-Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) ibeka i-cape ugqumugqumu njengesithelo esingaphansi kwaKenya. Kwakubalwa ngabahlanganyeli njengezithelo eziyisikhombisa ezibaluleke kakhulu. Lesi sithelo singase sithunyelwe eKenya ngezinsika zezinyoni ezifudukayo ezivela eYurophu naseningizimu ye-Southern, noma maduzane nje njengezingeniso ezitolo ezinkulu zendawo. Isizinda semvelaphi yalesi sitshalo siseNingizimu Melika (ePeru, Columbia nase-Ecuador) lapho sathuthela khona eNgilandi ngo-1774 (Morton, 1987) naseCape of Good Hope ngaphambi kuka-1807. Lesi sithelo sikhula njengesihlahla esingaphansi kwehlathi INtaba yaseKenya, iNtaba i-Elgon, ihlathi leTimboroa, ihlathi lase Kakamega, iHook Kokatek, iziqhingi zaseNxweme futhi lisatshalaliswa ezindaweni eziphakeme zaseKenya. Ukukhwabanisa kuye kuthengiswa emgwaqweni oMfula iRift kusukela ebusheni kusukela ekuqaleni kuka 2,000. Phakathi kuka-2004 no-2006 i-cape ugqumugqumu yanda kakhulu eBibwezi kanti izithelo zacutshungulwa nguDelmonte ukwenza i-jam. Kubalulekile ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi i-cape ugqumugqumu, i-goldenberry, noma i-berry ephuzi ibhekwa njengesinye sezilimo eziyi-100 ezikhethiwe ukuthengiswa kwe-Agenda ka-Big 4.
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