Psophocarpus lancifolius

Botanical Description

Psophocarpus lancifolius is a perennial climbing plant growing from a distinct small carrot-shaped tuberous taproot; the stems can be up to 8 metres long. The stems scramble over the ground, twining into other plants for support. The stems will often form new roots where the nodes touch the ground, these roots can develop into new tubers[ 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. , 1570 Title Uses, Nutritional Composition, and Ecogeography of Four Species of Psophocarpus (Fabaceae, Phaseoleae) in Zaire Publication Economic Botany Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1990), pp. 391-409 Author Harder D.; Lolema O.P.M. & Tshisand M. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/4255258. Publisher Year 1990 ISBN Description , 1571 Title A Revision of Psophocarpus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Phaseoleae) Publication Kew Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 2 (1978), pp. 191-227 Author Verdcourt B. & Halliday P. Website http://10.2307/4109575 Publisher Year 1978 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. The tubers are a nutritious food with excellent potential to become a cultivated crop in tropical areas experiencing seasonal rains[ 1579 Title A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Rafnia Thunb. (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae) Publication Dissertation for Magister Scientiae in Botany Author Campbell G. Publisher Rand Afrikaans University Year 1998 ISBN Description A Dissertation presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Magister Scientiae in Botany at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Rand Afrikaans University, S. Africa. ].