Fabaceae FAMILY

Rhynchosia sublobata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rhynchosia sublobata is a perennial plant growing from a long stout woody rootstock; the slender, twining stems can be prostrate or climbing, growing around 2 metres long[ 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 medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - widespread from Senegal to Ethiopia and Somalia, south to Namibia, Botswana and northern S. Africa, avoiding regions of heavy rain

HabitatGrassland; grassland with scattered trees; bushland; woodland; abandoned cultivations; humid and shady places; sandy soils; banded vegetation; laterite; clearings; dambo and seasonally swampy grassland beside rivers[ 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. ].