Fabaceae FAMILY

Psophocarpus palustris

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Psophocarpus palustris is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant, producing stems usually 1 - 3 metres long but occasionally up to 8 metres. The stems, which are produced from a tuberous rhizome, scramble over the ground and twine around other plants for support[ 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. , 1570 Title Uses, Nutritional Composition, and Ecogeography of Four Species of Psophocarpus (Fabaceae, Phaseoleae) in Zaire Publication Economic Botany Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1990), pp. 391-409 Author Harder D.; Lolema O.P.M. & Tshisand M. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/4255258. Publisher Year 1990 ISBN Description ]. The plant is mainly harvested from the wild for its edible leaves, seeds and seedpods, which are consumed locally. The plant is also sometimes cultivated as a food crop.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Sudan.

HabitatBushland; savannah; riverine forest by stream in savannah; moist grassy places, swampy sites; humid alluvium along margins of water lines; (wet) secondary forest near water; thicket on damp soil; edge of marigot[ 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. ].