Fabaceae FAMILY

Pseudeminia comosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pseudeminia comosa is a vigorous, climbing or scrambling, herbaceous perennial plant with stems 2 - 9 metres long growing from a tuberous rootstock. The plant usually forms a low, tangled thicket[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ]. The edible root is harvested from the wild for local consumption. The plant is also sometimes used as a soap and is grown as a ground cover in plantations[ 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 RangeEast tropical Africa - Tanzania, Malawi. Zimbabwe, Mozambique.

HabitatBushland, Brachystegia woodland, old cultivation, at elevations from 800 - 1,800 metres[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ].