Desmodium ramosissimum
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Vegetable
The plant is used as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland.
Africa, Benin, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, West Africa,
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 tropical perennial herb or small shrub in the Fabaceae family, found in savannah woodland.
Names & Synonyms
Aeschynomene arborea Sieber ex DC.Desmodium fruticulosum Walp.Desmodium mauritianum (Willd.) DC.Hedysarum fruticulosum Schum. & Thonn.Hedysarum fruticulosum Desv,
References (1)
- Achigan-Dako, E, et al (Eds), 2009, Catalogue of Traditional Vegetables in Benin. International Foundation for Science.
