Eriosema ellipticifolium

Schinz

Fabaceae Edible: Fruit 75 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 9-12 cm tall. It has a short underground rootstock. The stems are angular. The leaves have 3 leaflets. These are 7 cm long by 1.4-3.5 cm wide. The flowers are 6-10 mm long. They are yellow.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten as a vegetable.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten as a vegetable.

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Distribution

It is a subtropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Eswatini, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,

Synonyms

Eriosema nanum Burtt Davy

References (3)

Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 57
van Wyk, Ben-Erik, 2019, The diversity and multiple uses of southern African legumes. Australian Systematic Botany, 2019, 32, 519–546
Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179