Fabaceae FAMILY

Chamaecrista pilosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Chamaecrista pilosa is a sparsely branched, erect or procumbent, herbaceous perennial plant with stems up to 50cm long[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. The plant is cultivated in Venezuela in order to stabilize sand dunes[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela; Caribbean - Trinidad, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Cuba.

HabitatDry or moist, open places, sometimes on sandbars along streams, at elevations up to 1,400 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].