Fabaceae FAMILY

Dysolobium pilosum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dysolobium pilosum is a climbing perennial plant producing annual stems 1 - 3 metres long from a perennial rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground and twine into the surrounding vegetation for support[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is sometimes grown as a green manure crop.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Taiwan, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines.

HabitatOpen forests; at elevations from near sea level to 700 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Hedges, bamboo forest and deforested areas, on clay soils; at low elevation up to 1,000 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].