Fabaceae FAMILY

Kummerowia striata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kummerowia striata is an annual, usually much-branched, prostrate 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 food and a medicine. It is grown as a green manure and for stabilizing the soil. Kummerowia striata 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, Japan, China, India, Korea, Vietnam

HabitatWaste ground and roadsides all over 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. ]. Clayey, sandy and gravelly soils, riverbanks, roadsides and non-populated areas, always in large quantities[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].