Eriosema shirense

Botanical Description

Eriosema shirense is an erect, perennial plant producing one to a few, unbranched or sparsely branched stems 8 - 35cm tall, occasionally to 50cm. It grows from a globose or ovoid tuber, 15 - 40mm long and 10 - 25mm wide. There are sometimes two tubers, one beneath the other[ 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. , 1304 Title Traditional Food Plants of Kenya Publication Author Patrick M Maundu Publisher Kenya Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge, National Museums Year 1999 ISBN 9966986146 Description A concise guide to the edible plants of Kenya ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food