Centrosema plumieri

Botanical Description

Centrosema plumieri is a perennial trailing and climbing herb with annual stems growing up from a woody base[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The vigorous stems scramble over the ground or twine up into other plants for support[ 375 Title Grassland Species - Profiles Publication Author Website http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/Default.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse information on over 650 species of plants that grow in grassland, including trees, shrubs and perennial plants as well as grasses. Gives a brief description of the plant, its range and habitat and some of its uses. ]. The plant is sometimes grown as a green manure crop, or planted as a ground cover in plantations, though it seems to be losing favour to the related C. Pubescens[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The leaves are harvested from the wild as a food crop in a few areas in west Africa, though it is not eaten in most other areas. In areas where it is eaten, the leaves are sometimes sold in local markets[ 617 Title Traditional Vegetables in Benin Publication Author Achigan-Dako E. Et al Publisher Darwin Initiative; International Foundation for Science Year 2009 ISBN Description Issued as a PDF on the Internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for food in Benin. ].