Fabaceae FAMILY

Chamaecrista lechenaultiana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Chamaecrista lechenaultiana is an erect or prostrate, annual to perennial plant producing stems up to 1.5 metres long. The stems become more or less woody at their base[ 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 leaves are harvested from the wild for use in making tea, whilst the plant is sometimes cultivated as a green manure.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea.

HabitatGrassland, and as a weed; at elevations up to 300 metres in West Java, but from 500 - 1,600 metres in Indo-China[ 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. ].