Eriosema griseum Baker

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

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 2001-03 van der Maesen, LJG [3237]
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Medicine [230]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [561]
  • Angola-ISO [210]
  • Benin [313]
  • Burkina [8]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Chad [64]
  • Ghana [210]
  • Guinea [210]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Mali [561]
  • Nigeria [210]
  • Sudan [210]
  • Togo [212]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [210]

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Notes:

• Jacques-Felix (1971; ref.313) distinguishes vars. griseum & togoense. [3237]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:58:21