Desmodium setigerum
(E. Mey.) Benth. ex Harv.
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Description
A herb or small shrub in the Fabaceae family found in tropical regions, particularly in savannah woodland, palm groves, and flooded rice fields.
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Edible Uses
The roots are eaten raw as a sweet.
Traditional Uses
The roots are eaten raw as a sweet.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland and palm groves. It can be in flooded rice fields.
Where It Grows
Africa, Burkina Faso, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zimbabwe,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Ikpesaamuku, Nakabale
References (1)
- Termote, C., et al, 2011, Eating from the wild: Turumbu, Mbole and Bali traditional knowledge of non-cultivated edible plants, District Tshopo, DRCongo, Gen Resourc Crop Evol. 58:585-618
