Eminia harmsiana

Botanical Description

Eminia harmsiana is an erect perennial plant with stems that usually become more or less woody; it can grow 100 - 150cm tall. 4-5 woody roots from the collar[ 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. , 1441 Title Eminia, Rhynchosia et Vigna (Fabacées) à̀ complexes amylolytiques employés dans la région Zambésienne pour la fabric Publication Belgian Journal of Botany 125:41-60; January 1992 Author Pauwels L.; Mulkay P.; Ngoy K.; Delaude C. Publisher Year 1992 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its root, which is one of several species used locally to make a very popular alcoholic beverage known as 'munkoyo beer'. A rare species, it is restricted to the Zambian Copperbelt area and to two areas in Zaire: Kundelungu and Lubumbashi; endangered; lost on Mount Muken[ 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. ].