Fabaceae FAMILY
Vigna membranacea
Vigna membranacea
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Vigna membranacea is an annual to perennial climbing or trailing plant, more rarely suberect. It produces stems 20 - 300cm long that scramble over the ground or twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeNorthern and eastern Africa - Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, eastern DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania.
HabitatGrassland; scrub; dry evergreen forest; Acacia, Commiphora bushland; coastal mixed bushland; coastal grassland in thicket; woodland; swamp sides; Pennisetum formations; fallow land; at elevations up to 2,400 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].