Fabaceae FAMILY

Adenodolichos rhomboideus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Adenodolichos rhomboideus is a trailing, perennial plant growing from a woody rootstock or a creeping underground rhizome. The stems become more or less woody and persist, they can be several metres long and form large patches of growth[ 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 medicine and source of materials. It can be grown in sites contaminated with a range of heavy metals in order to stabilize and remediate the soil.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Angola, southern DR Congo, Zambia, Malawi

HabitatBrachystegia-Julbernardia open woodland; sandy ground in open forest; wooded thickets; open bushland with tall grasses; periodically wet sand; sandy ground; sometimes abundant; part of the pre-fire flora; at elevations from 1,200 - 1,900 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. ].