Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera scarciesii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera scarciesii is a herbaceous perennial plant, producing a cluster of stems 10 - 15cm tall from a woody rootstock[ 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 medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Guinea to southern Mali and Cote D'Ivoire

HabitatWooded savannah on fine gravelly soil; hard laterite[ 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. ]