ZZ Otholobium decumbens
(Aiton) C. H. Stirt
Carpet pea, Eight-day-healing bush
What to Eat
Edible parts: Medicine
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Africa, South Africa, Southern 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 small trailing shrub. The leaves are 6-10 mm long with 3 leaflets. The flowers are in threes near the end of branches. Possibly now Otholobium virgatum (Burm.f.) C. H. Stirt
How to Grow
It can be grown from cuttings.
Medicinal Uses
Used medicinally.
Names & Synonyms
Lotodes decumbens (Aiton) KuntzePsoralea decumbens AitonPsoralea ononoides Poir.
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew p 322
