Fabaceae FAMILY

Dolichos trilobus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dolichos trilobus is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant producing stems up to 3 metres long from a woody rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground or twine around other plants for support[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Somalia, south to S. Africa; through Arabia to Indian subcontinent, southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines

HabitatGrassland, bushland and forest, sometimes in rocky places in evergreen forest, at elevations from sea level to 1,200 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. ]. In grassland, open woodland and at forest fringes, on stony and sandy soils[ 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. ].