Macrotyloma maranguense
(Taubert) Verdc.
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It can be climbing. It can be 2.4 m long. It often forms roots at the nodes. The stems have short spreading hairs. The leaves have 3 narrowly oval leaflets. These are 2-8 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. The pods are round and have one seed. They are 2-3.5 cm long by 7 mm wide. The seed is 1-1.2 cm long by 8 mm wide.
Edible Uses
The roots are edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in grassland and open bushland between 900-1,650 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Africa, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Eswatini, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda,
Synonyms
References (4)
- ILDIS Legumes of the World http:www:ildis.org/Legume/Web
- Kew Plants of the World On line
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
