Desmodium setigerum
(E. Mey.) Benth. ex Harv.
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What to Eat
The roots are eaten raw as a sweet.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland and palm groves. It can be in flooded rice fields.
Africa, Burkina Faso, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zimbabwe,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb or small shrub in the Fabaceae family found in tropical regions, particularly in savannah woodland, palm groves, and flooded rice fields.
Names & Synonyms
Ikpesaamuku, Nakabale
Nicholsonia setigera E. Mey.
References (1)
- Termote, C., et al, 2011, Eating from the wild: Turumbu, Mbole and Bali traditional knowledge of non-cultivated edible plants, District Tshopo, DRCongo, Gen Resourc Crop Evol. 58:585-618
