Fabaceae FAMILY

Rhynchosia resinosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rhynchosia resinosa is a mostly woody, somewhat aromatic, scrambling plant with sticky, twining stems that can range from 1.8 - 7.5 metres long. Sometimes it is a more or less erect shrub 60 - 150cm 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. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Ethiopia, south to Namibia, Botswana and northern S. Africa

HabitatRavine forest; bushland; grassland with scattered trees; thickets; scrub; sometimes on termite mounds; Brachystegia woodland; cultivations; waste ground; rain-forest with Albizia, Macaranga, Croton, Ocotea; forest edge[ 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. ].