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Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.)G.Don

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Eriosema (DC.)Rchb.

Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.)G.Don [Preferred name]
    Crotalaria psoraleoides Lam. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria psoraloides Lam. {Orthographic variant}
    Eriosema cajanoides (Guill. & Perr.)Hook.f. {Synonym}
    Eriosema proschii Briq. {Synonym}
    Eriosema psoraloides (Lam.)G.Don {Orthographic variant}
    Rhynchosia cajanoides Guill. & Perr. {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia psoraleoides (Lam.)DC. {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia psoraloides (Lam.)DC. {Orthographic variant}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ambarivatrindolo [3402]; Ambatombohitra [3402]; Ambatridry [3402]; Ambatrimbohitra [3402]; Ambatrindolo [3402]; Ambaty [3402]; Amberivatrindolo [3402]; Amborivatindolo [3402]; Asotryzaza [3402]; Kisotrisotry [3402]; Kisotrisoty [3402]; Sarembatry [3402]; Sariambaty [3402]; Tsi Ambatriambotry [3402]; Voapika [3402]; Vohibato [3402]; Vohipiky [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Benin (N) [212]; Botswana (N) [8]; Burkina (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]; Congo (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mali (N) [212]; Mozambique (N) [8]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]; Swaziland (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [230]; Zambia (N) [28]; Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [210, 3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands. [210];
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transitional zone; wooded grassland. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; wooded grassland [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Sudanian wooded grassland [210];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 317, 3402] ; Illustration [212, 220, 230, 410, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [3402], Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-03 van der Maesen, LJG ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Domestic [3402]; Food and Drink [3402]; Medicine [230, 3402]; Toxins [213]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

28.

  White, F., 1962
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

213.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6.Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae.

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

230.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae

317.

  Stirton, C.H., 1981
    Bothalia 13:281-306. The Eriosema cordatum complex.II

410.

  Onderstall, J., 1984
    Transvaal Lowveld & Escarpment... South Afr.Wild Fl.Guide 4.

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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