Fabaceae FAMILY
Hanslia ormocarpoides
Hanslia ormocarpoides
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Hanslia ormocarpoides is a climbing shrub or undershrub, up to 150 cm tall[ 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.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia to New Guinea, northeast Australia, New Caledonia and New Hebrides.
HabitatSavannah, scrubland, forest edges, plantations and roadsides at elevations up to 1,800 metres in New Guinea[ 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. ].