
Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern
Periandra mediterranea
Periandra mediterranea
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitShrub
Growth—
A plant of the moist tropics, where it is found at elevations from 600 - 1,500 metres or more.
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Periandra+mediterranea>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Diccionario das Plantas Uteis do Brasil — Correa M.P. · Imprensa Nacional; Rio de Janeiro · 1926 ↩︎A massive work in 6 volumes giving details of the various uses of Brazilian plants.
- [2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
- [3]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
- [4]Antiinflammatory Activities of Brazilian Licorice (Periandra mediterranea) Extract. Journal Traditional Medicine 21. — Miyagawa N.: Inami Y.: Nakayama T.: Inuma M.: Inagaki N. · Journal of Traditional Medicine · 2004 ↩︎An article on the medicinal uses of Periandra mediterranea.
- [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎