Eriosema cordifolium

Botanical Description

Eriosema cordifolium is a trailing, perennial herb, with a single branched, slender, flexuous stem around 7 - 15cm long, occasionally reaching 30cm.It grows from a tuberous rootstock around 30 x 12mm[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food