Fabaceae FAMILY

Lotus edulis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lotus edulis is an annual plant with more or less prostrate stem; the stems can grow 10 - 40cm long[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is occasionally cultivated as a food plant, mainly in southern Italy[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeThroughout the Mediterranean, but absent from Libya

HabitatSandy, stony and rocky places[ 45 Title Flowers of Greece and the Balkans. Publication Author Polunin. O. Publisher Oxford University Press Year 1980 ISBN 0-19-217626-9 Description A good pocket flora, it also lists quite a few plant uses. ].