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Zornia brasiliensis

Zornia brasiliensis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial
Growth—

This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria; these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Zornia+brasiliensis>

Pollinators

Insects

References

  1. [1]Nodulation Plants in GRIN Taxonomy — United States Department of Agriculture · http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxnodul.pl?language=en ↩︎An online database listing plants that have either positive or negative reports on root and stem nodulation with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
  2. [2]A Monograph of the Leguminous Genus Zornia — Mohlenbrock R.H. · 1961 · http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00837792.1961.10669720 ↩︎
  3. [3]Medicinal and poisonous diversity of the flora of 'Cariri Paraibano', Brazil. — Agra M.F. Et al · Journal of Ethnopharmacology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2006.12.007 ↩︎An article from the Journal of Ethnopharmacy, available as a PDF document on the Internet. Brief details of some medicinal plants from an area of Brazil.