Fabaceae FAMILY

Chamaecrista falcinella

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Chamaecrista falcinella is an upright or ascending, annual to perennial plant growing up to 60cm tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEastern and southern Africa - Uganda, Kenya, eastern DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana.

HabitatMainly found in grassland at elevations from 1,000 - 1,800 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. Miombo woodland and associated secondary bushland and grassland, often in sandy and sometimes damp places; at elevations from 1,500 - 1,750 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].