Tephrosia platycarpa
Guillemin & Perrottet
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Description
A tropical annual herb growing to about 25 cm tall in the Fabaceae family, found in dry soils, savannah woodland, coastal sands, and arid places.
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Edible Uses
The seed oil is used in cooking.
Traditional Uses
The seed oil is used in cooking.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry soils. It can be in savannah woodland or coastal sands. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, West Africa,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Palha-de-mancarra
References (4)
- Bojang, L., 1999, Non-wood Forest Products in The Gambia. EC-FAO Partnership Programme.
- Gallagher, D. E., 2010, Farming beyond the escarpment: Society, Environment, and Mobility in Precolonial Southeastern Burkina Faso. PhD University of Michigan.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 29th April 2011]
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
