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Eriosema laurentii

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Identification
Eriosema laurentii De Wild. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Glycine rufa
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  • Eriosema glomeratum
  • Eriosema laurentii
Common name
  • ôtu (Baptista in D’Orey & Liberato) (GUINEA-BISSAU, PEPEL), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • (Guinea-Bissau) acobogel (Baptista in D’Orey & Liberato) (GUINEA-BISSAU, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

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Entry for Eriosema laurentii De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Eriosema glomeratum (Guill. & Perr.) Hook. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Eriosema glomeratum null [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Eriosema laurentii De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Common names
GUINEA-BISSAU: FULA-PULAAR (Guinea-Bissau) acobogel (Baptista in D’Orey & Liberato) PEPEL ôtu (Baptista in D’Orey & Liberato)
Uses
(?) Food: general (?) Medicines: generally healing (1) Medicines: eye treatments (?) Medicines: naso-pharyngeal affections (?) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (?) Medicines: skin, mucosae (?) Medicines: laxatives, etc. (?) Medicines: venereal diseases (?) Medicines: leprosy (?) Medicines: brain, nervous system (?) Phytochemistry: fish-poisons
Description
An herbaceous or semi-woody undershrub to 1¼ m high, of moist sites in grassy and wooded savanna and waste places, widely dispersed over the Region from Senegal to Nigeria, and into central tropical Africa.The plant, now recognised as a distinct entity (1
Notes
NOTE: There is confusion regarding these two entities.
References
Reference:1. Verdcourt, 1971,a: 114.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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