Fabaceae FAMILY

Eriosema lebrunii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eriosema lebrunii is a decumbent, perennial plant, producing one to several slender, sparsely branched stems 10 - 30cm tall, from a globose or turnip-shaped tuber that is around 30mm x 15mm[ 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. , 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, Cameroon, eastern DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique

HabitatSavannah, clearings, rocky ground, pastures, secondary grassland, marshy grasslandd, roadside edges, bare clayey soil; at elevations from 1,500 - 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. ].