Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Phyllodium elegans

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Phyllodium elegans is a perennial plant with slender, branching stems that become more or less woody. It can grow up to 2 metres tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. The species has a wide ecological and altitudinal range, some populations are known to occur within the protected areas network and no major threats to the species are currently known. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia (Java)

HabitatFound on a wide range of soils from calcium-rich clay, red soils to sand, in habitats ranging from rather open old forest, secondary growth, dry grassy fields to cattle ground, and rice fallow; at elevations up to 600 metres, occ to 1,600 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].