Fabaceae FAMILY

Moullava digyna

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Moullava digyna is a very prickly plant that is variable in shape and can be a climbing or scandent shrub, or a small tree[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. , 310. It can grow up to 10 metres tall[ 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. ]. Due to its very prickly nature, the plant is rarely cultivated, though it is often gathered from the wild and used locally for dyes, tannin and medicine[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (Yunnan, Hainan), Indian subcontinent, Malaysia to Indonesia

HabitatRather dry open habitats up to 250 metres in Indonesia[ 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. ]. Thickets, light forests and forest borders, in Indo-China up to 1,200 metres[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].