Fabaceae FAMILY

Zornia gibbosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Zornia gibbosa is a much-branched, prostrate to ascending annual to perennial plamt usually growing from a slender rootstock but sometimes from a thick tuber; the stems can be up to 50cm long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 287 Title Flora of Pakistan Publication Author Website http://www.efloras.org Publisher Year ISBN Description As of 2006, there is not much information on habitats available, but it is being developed and promises to be an excellent resource. , 1631 Title A Monograph of the Leguminous Genus Zornia Publication Webbia: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography, 16:1, 1-141, 1961 Author Mohlenbrock R.H. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00837792.1961.10669720 Publisher Year 1961 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Pakistan, India, Nepal, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, northern Australia

HabitatSandy places and flood plains; at elevations from 100 - 1,200 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].