Fabaceae FAMILY

Pseudeminia muxiria

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pseudeminia muxiria is an erect, perennial plant producing a cluster of more or less woody stems 100 - 170cm tall, from a very thick obliquely descending fleshy tuber around 80mm long, with rhizomes 25mm in diameter and 120 - 180cm long[ 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 its roots, which are used to make a kind of beer known as 'Oála'. It is sometimes cultivated for these roots in Angola[ 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. ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest Africa - Angola

HabitatRocky rather dry woods at river banks; very frequent[ 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. ].