Fabaceae FAMILY

Astragalus atropilosulus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Astragalus atropilosus is a perennial, or perhaps sometimes biennial herb or subshrub usually growing 50 - 100cm tall, occasionally to 200cm. The stems are often numerous and can be erect or ascending. The thick rootstock can be 2cm in diameter[ 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 food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast Africa - Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, south to Zimbabwe, Botswana and northern S. Africa; Arabian Peninsula - Yemen, Saudi Arabia.

HabitatGrassland, especially where disturbed; abandoned cultivations; forest and thicket margins; grassy riverbanks; more open parts of bamboo-forest; scrub; rocky places; Loudetia arundinacea grassland with scattered trees; sometimes on termite mounds[ 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. ].