Fabaceae FAMILY

Eriosema rhodesicum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eriosema rhodesicum is an erect perennial plant with several to many unbranched stems around 30cm tall. The plant grows from a woody rootstock, which gives off roots bearing tubers that are 20 - 40mm x 10mm. The plant sometimes flowers when only 7cm tall[ 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 RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria to southern Ethiopia, south through east Africa to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique

HabitatSeasonally burnt grassland (flowering stems appearing after fire); rocky hillsides; grassland with scattered trees on shallow soil; open forests; grassy or wooded savannah; at elevations from 1,170 - 2,400 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. ].