Fabaceae FAMILY

Chamaecrista zambesica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Chamaecrista zambesica is a prostrate or semi-prostrate, herbaceous, usually perennial plant with stems 3 - 60cm long from a thick, woody rootstock[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 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 medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Somalia, Kenya, eastern DR Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.

HabitatGrassland and abandoned cultivation, at elevations from sea level to 950 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. Grassland; wooded grassland; bushland; degraded evergreen forest; savannah; rocky hilltops; (abandoned) cultivated land; to 2,350 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. ].