Fabaceae FAMILY
Aeschynomene fluitans
Aeschynomene fluitans
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Aeschynomene fluitans is a perennial, sometimes annual, aquatic plant with floating stems 1 - 4.5 metres long. The spongy, hollow stems can be 5 - 10mm thick and are densely covered with adventitious roots[ 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.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Angola, Namibia, DR Congo, Zambia, Botswana, western Tanzania
HabitatFloating on water of slow rivers and ponds, and in floodplains, river and pond margins[ 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. ]. Permanent swamps; sand banks; floodplains; slow-river and pond margins; at elevations from 300 - 1,500 metres[ 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. ].