Fabaceae FAMILY

Kummerowia stipulacea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kummerowia stipulacea is a much-branched, prostrate to ascending or erect annual plant growing from a shallow root system[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as a green manure and for stabilizing the soil. Kummerowia stipulacea has been much used as a green manure and cover crop in the USA. It has escaped from cultivation there and become naturalized.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Russian Far east, China, Japan, Korea.

HabitatWaste ground and roadsides in C. and S. Japan[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ]. Roadsides, grasslands, mountain slopes, stable or semi-stable sand dunes at elevations of 100--1200 metres in China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].