Fabaceae FAMILY

Eriosema verdickii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eriosema verdickii is an erect, herbaceous perennial plant growing 15 - 125cm tall. It produces a single, sparsely branched stem from a small napiform or subglobose tuber that is around 15 - 50mm x 10 - 15mm[ 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. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, southern DR Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique

HabitatGrassland with scattered trees; dry woodland; Brachystegia woodland on stony soil; moist dambos; grassland on white sand; peaty grassland; laterite; open forest; termite mounds; humid meadows; wooded valley; at elevations from 1,070 - 2,130 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. ].