Periandra mediterranea
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. [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. [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. [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. [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.
  5. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎