Fabaceae FAMILY

Alysicarpus monilifer

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Alysicarpus monilifer is a low-growing, much-branched, annual to perennial plant growing 5 - 50cm tall[ 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. ]. A prostrate to decumbent plant, the stems usually become woody at the base and are12 - 60cm long[ 1312 Title GC-MS analysis of ethyl acetate extract of Alysicarpus Monilifer -Whole plant Publication Der Pharmacia Lettre, 2016 , 8 (13):106-114 Author Karthikeyan K. & Dhanapal C.K. Website http://www.scholarsresearchlibrary.com Publisher Year 2016 ISBN 0975-5071 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Niger, Sudan, Ethiopia; E. Asia - Pakistan, India, Myanmar

HabitatHumid sands; grassland; also as a weed; roadsides; bushlands; at elevations up to around 1,000 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].