Eriosema glomeratum
(Guill. et Perr.) Hook.f.
FabaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Vegetable
The leaves are used as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland and wet grass savannah. It grows in seasonally flooded clearings.
Africa, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, East Africa, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sahel, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Africa, Zambia,
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 perennial herb or small shrub of the Fabaceae family found in tropical savannah woodland, wet grass savannah, and seasonally flooded clearings.
Names & Synonyms
Rhynchosia glomerata Guill. & Perr.
References (8)
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- Flora Zambesiaca. http://apps.kew.org/efloras
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 561
- J. D. Hooker & G. Bentham in W. J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 313. 1849
- ILDIS Legumes of the World http:www:ildis.org/Legume/Web
- Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 76
- Martin, F.W. & Ruberte, R.M., 1979, Edible Leaves of the Tropics. Antillian College Press, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. p 199
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
