Fabaceae FAMILY
Dolichos kilimandscharicus
Dolichos kilimandscharicus
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Dolichos kilimandscharicus is an erect or rarely decumbent herbaceous perennial plant with several annual stems 25 - 120cm tall arising from a large, perennial, woody rootstock. The rootstock can be 14 - 45cm long and 7 - 30cm in diameter. The plant usually flowers when the leaves are absent or under-developed[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEastern and southern Africa - Sudan and Ethiopia, south to northern S. Africa and east through Zambia to Angola
HabitatGrassland, woodland and intermediate types, bushland, forest edges, miombo woodland, dambo, open thickets, wooded grassland, often pyrophytic; at elevations from 700 - 2,100 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].