Fabaceae FAMILY

Eminia holubii

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eminia holubii is a trailing, climbing or erect shrub with stems that become more or less woody, growing from a woody rootstock; it can grow up to 160cm tall[ 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. , 1441 Title Eminia, Rhynchosia et Vigna (Fabacées) à̀ complexes amylolytiques employés dans la région Zambésienne pour la fabric Publication Belgian Journal of Botany 125:41-60; January 1992 Author Pauwels L.; Mulkay P.; Ngoy K.; Delaude C. Publisher Year 1992 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its root, which is one of several species used locally to make a very popular alcoholic beverage known as 'munkoyo beer'.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Angola, southern DR Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe

HabitatMiombo, Baikiaea and mixed woodland on Kalahari sand; often in grassy or disturbed places; wooded ± swampy savannah; at elevations around 900 - 1,050 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. ].