Fabaceae FAMILY

Eriosema nutans

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eriosema nutans is a perennial plant with erect to decumbent stems growing from a thick rootstock; the plant can grow 20 - 180cm 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 RangeEast tropical Africa - Eritrea and Ethiopia, south to Zambia, Zimbabwe and northeast S. Africa

HabitatGrassland, grassland with scattered trees, open woodland, forest edges, bushland particularly on sandy soils, drier parts of dambos and marshes, seasonal swamps; also a weed of open areas, cultivated ground; fallow land; from 1,050 - 2,190 metres[ 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. ].