Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) Don

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Synonyms

E. cajancides (Guillem and Perrott) Benth. and Stock.

Description

Leguminous shrub about 1.5 m high with yellow flowers and hairy two-seeded pods.

Distribution

It is widely distributed in Combretum mixed woodland and Hyparrhenia filipendula grassland on loam and sandy loam soils in Zambia, and in the southern Sudan.

Characteristics

It appears to be unpalatable and is avoided by stock except at the end of the dry season (van Rensburg, 1968).