Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Dolichos fangitsa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dolichos fangitsa is a climbing plant with twining stems that become more or less woody and persist. The stems scramble over the ground, twining into the vegetation for support. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. Although population levels of Dolichos fangitsa are predicted to decline, this species has a large extent of occurrence and also occurs within protected areas. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - southern Madagascar

HabitatSbarid to subhumid thickets, woodlands and inselbergs or rock faces on limestone or cristalline soils; at elevations up to 1,000 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].