Fabaceae FAMILY

Hylodesmum podocarpum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hylodesmum podocarpum is a herbaceous perennial plant with erect stems 50 - 110cm tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and sometimes as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Russian Far East, China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatRoadsides, grassy slopes, grasslands on high mountains, mountain slopes, forests, thickets, forest margins and ditches; at elevations from 100 - 2,100 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. ].