Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Aeschynomene afraspera

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aeschynomene afraspera is an annual to perennial plant that can grow 1 - 3 metres tall with stems that can become somewhat woody and persist[ 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. ]. Plants growing in isolation are sub-erect to spreading, with abundant branching; when growing in a dense stand they are erect with a single stem. The root and thick stem can be hollow or filled with pith[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. It is being increasingly grown as a green manure crop in rice paddies. Aeschynomene afraspera is widespread with an assumed stable population and no major widespread threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - originally sub-Saharan from Senegal to Sudan, now widespread in the tropical lowlands.

HabitatA semi-aquatic pioneer plant of marshes and temporarily wet places; at elevations up to 1,050 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. It can form dense stands in soil depressions that are waterlogged during the rainy season, and in coastal freshwater lakes and rivers[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].