Fabaceae FAMILY

Eriosema laurentii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

Phytochemistry: fish-poisons[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].

Botanical Description

Eriosema laurentii is a perennial plant with much-branched, more or less woody stems; it usually grows 15 - 45cm tall, occasionally to 2 - 3 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Nigeria, Central African Republic and Sudan, south to Angola, southern DR Congo, Uganda

HabitatSavannah in moist places; clearings; cultivated and waste grounds; fallow land; river sides; grassland sometimes swampy; bushland; sandy soil in sunny places; sandy shore, in grass behind high water mark; sometimes very common; 5 - 2,550 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. ].