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Eriosema cordifolium A.Rich.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Eriosema (DC.)Rchb.

Eriosema cordifolium A.Rich. [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Sudan (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 230] ; Illustration [24, 314]

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

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [230]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

24.

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

210.

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

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

230.

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

314.

  Staner, P. & de Craene, A., 1934
    Ann.Mus.Congo Belge,Bot.,ser.VI,1:37-92. Eriosema Congo Belg
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