Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.)G.Don

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Eriosema (DC.)G.Don
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [210]

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Other names:

• Eriosema cajanoides (Guillemin & Perrottet)Hook.f. [Synonym] [210]
  
• Eriosema proschii Briq. [Synonym] [210]
  
• Eriosema psoraloides (Lam.)G.Don [Synonym] [29]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 2001-03 van der Maesen, LJG
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Medicine [230]
  
• Toxins [213]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [210]
  • Benin [212]
  • Botswana [8]
  • Burkina [8]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [212]
  • Central African Rep. [8]
  • Congo [8]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Gambia The [212]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [212]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Malawi [8]
  • Mali [212]
  • Mozambique [8]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Rwanda [220]
  • Senegal [212]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • South Africa [210]
  • Sudan [210]
  • Swaziland [8]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [212]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [230]
  • Zambia [28]
  • Zimbabwe [8]

• Indian Ocean
  • Madagascar [210]

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Notes:

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

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:58:37