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Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.)G.Don

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Eriosema (DC.)G.Don

Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.)G.Don [Accepted]
    Eriosema cajanoides (Guillemin & Perrottet)Hook.f. {Synonym}
    Eriosema proschii Briq. {Synonym}
    Eriosema psoraloides (Lam.)G.Don {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (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]
  
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]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,230]; Toxins [1785,230,213]; Food and Drink; Domestic

  
NOTES:
  Var.grandiflorum retained in FCB(230) & CFA (216); not upheld FTEA (ref.210).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

24.

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

28.

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

210.

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

212.

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

213.

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

220.

   Troupin,G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda
    Flore du Rwanda

230.

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

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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