Fabaceae FAMILY

Chamaecrista pumila

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Chamaecrista pumila is a many-branched, procumbent or erect often short-lived perennial plant with stems that become more or less woody, at least at the base. It can grow from 25 - 75cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is cultivated as a green manure and soil protector[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, northern Australia.

HabitatFound on sandy soils near the coast, along roadsides, in dry deciduous forest, but also as a weed in rice fields, at elevations up to 300 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].