Fabaceae FAMILY
Kotschya carsonii
Kotschya carsonii
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Kotschya carsonii is an erect shrub with sticky stems; it can grow 30 - 180cm tall[ 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 - Guinea to Cote D'Ivoire; Angola, southern DR Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique
HabitatGrassland at forest edges; base of granite outcrops; plateau in savannah; Brachystegia woodland; bushland; moorland; peaty swamps; riversides; at elevations from 450 - 2,250 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. ].