Fabaceae FAMILY

Eriosema macrostipulum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eriosema macrostipulum is an erect, perennial plant with stems that are often more or less unbranched, growing from a woody, spindle-shaped or globose rootstock up to 4 cm thick, with lateral tubers. The plant can grow 9 - 60cm tall[ 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. , 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Sudan and Kenya, south through east Africa to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique

HabitatGrassland; grassland with scattered Acacia, etc.; Brachystegia woodland; rocky hillsides; stream banks in mutobo woodland; mixed Pterocarpus deciduous woodland; open bush; Hyparrhenia grassland; abandoned cultivations; weedy pasture; etc[ 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. ].