Fabaceae FAMILY
Decorsea schlechteri
Decorsea schlechteri
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Decorsea schlechteri is a herbaceous perennial, twining plant with rather slender stems 1 - 3 metres long growing from a woody rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground, twining into the surrounding vegetation for support. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSouthern Africa - Zambia, Tanzania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Swaziland, S. Africa.
HabitatHot, often low rainfall, areas, Kalahari Sand grasslands and scrub, and on stony slopes and hillsides, in various woodlands, scrubland and thickets; at elevations up to 1,200 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. ].