Fabaceae FAMILY

Pseudarthria hookeri

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pseudarthria hookeri is an erect, perennial plant growing from a thick, rhizomatous rootstock. Growing from 30 - 400cm tall, the stems can become more or less woody and persist[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is potentially useful as a green manure and can be grown as an ornamental[ 1567 Title Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported Vol. 63 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher USDA; Government Printing Office; Washington Year 1923 ISBN Description Details of seeds imported for trials by the United States Department of Agriculture in the months of April and May of 1920, often detailing the uses of the plant and various other miscellaneous information. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - widespread in central and eastern Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Angola and eastern S.Africa, Madagascar

HabitatCoarse lowland to upland grassland, wooded and bushed grassland, open woodland, scrub, sometimes gregarious in savannah; locally common; also by rivers in rocky places, old cultivations and plantations[ 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. ].