Fabaceae FAMILY

Alysicarpus zeyheri

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Alysicarpus zeyheri is an erect or somewhat spreading herbaceous perennial plant, growing 10 - 120cm tall from a tough, woody rootstock[ 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 medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Ethiopia, south mainly through eastern Africa to Angola, southern DR Congo, Zimbabwe and northeastern S. Africa

HabitatGrassland (often swampy or seasonally waterlogged); also on seasonally burnt grassland; open wooded grassland; old cultivations; dambo; open woodland with Acacia, Combretum, Brachystegia, etc; on sandy soils; at elevations from 60 - 2,400 metres[ 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. ].