Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera tetrasperma

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera tetrasperma is a suberect, much-branched shrub with long, firm, slender branches; it can grow 30 - 100cm tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Senegal to southern Mali and Togo

HabitatGrassland; roadsides; waste places; savannah and esobe, often with Imperata; cultivations; coastal area[ 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. ]