Rhynchosia malacophylla
(Spreng.) Bojer
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What to Eat
Edible parts: ?
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, 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, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A climbing herb. It is woody at the base. It grows 30 cm to 3 m long. The leaves have 3 leaflets. They are 1-5 cm long by 106 cm wide. They are hairy. The flowers are yellow. The pods are oblong and 1-2 cm long and 5-6 mm wide. The seeds are rounded kidney shaped. The are 4-5 mm long.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Rhynchosia malacophylla is a species of flowering plant in the genus Rhynchosia, native to Africa (mostly the Horn of Africa and nearby areas), and Yemen. It tends to be a weed in sugarcane plantations.
Names & Synonyms
Ekatak
Glycine malacophylla Spreng.Rhynchosia sennaarensis Schweinf.
