Eminia antennulifera

Botanical Description

Eminia antennulifera is an erect or climbing perennial plant with stems that often become woody near the base; it can grow 75 - 180cm tall. The plant often flowers when quite short and before the leaves appear, especially after a fire[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 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. , 1441 Title Eminia, Rhynchosia et Vigna (Fabacées) à̀ complexes amylolytiques employés dans la région Zambésienne pour la fabric Publication Belgian Journal of Botany 125:41-60; January 1992 Author Pauwels L.; Mulkay P.; Ngoy K.; Delaude C. Publisher Year 1992 ISBN Description ], The plant is harvested from the wild for its root, which is used as a food and is one of several species that is used to make a locally very popular alcoholic beverage known as 'munkoyo beer'.