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Useful Tropical Plants

Astragalus atropilosulus

(Hochst.) Bunge

Fabaceae

+ Synonyms

Astragalus bequaertii De Wild.

Astragalus burkeanus Harv.

Astragalus caerulescens Chiov.

Astragalus elgonensis Bullock

Astragalus venosus Hochst. ex A.Rich.

Diplotheca atropilosula Hochst.

Diplotheca venosa Hochst.

Lessertia stipulata Baker f.

Common Name:

Astragalus atropilosulus

General Information

Astragalus atropilosus is a perennial, or perhaps sometimes biennial herb or subshrub usually growing 50 - 100cm tall, occasionally to 200cm. The stems are often numerous and can be erect or ascending. The thick rootstock can be 2cm in diameter[
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African Flowering Plants Database
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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

East Africa - Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, south to Zimbabwe, Botswana and northern S. Africa; Arabian Peninsula - Yemen, Saudi Arabia.

Habitat

Grassland, especially where disturbed; abandoned cultivations; forest and thicket margins; grassy riverbanks; more open parts of bamboo-forest; scrub; rocky places; Loudetia arundinacea grassland with scattered trees; sometimes on termite mounds[
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Title
African Flowering Plants Database
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Website
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Publisher
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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ISBN
 
Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
Medicinal Rating *  *
HabitBiennial/Perennial
Height1.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Leaves - cooked and eaten as a side dish - sometimes mixed with the leaves of Solanum nigrum[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Medicinal

A decoction of the roots is added to hot milk and given to women with uterine pains after childbirth[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Phytochemical analysis of the whole plant showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, volatile oils and sterols/triterpenes[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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http://www.prota.org
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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An ethanolic extract produced a decrease in heart contractions and a fall in blood pressure, neuromuscular blocking activity, and hypernatraemia[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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Author
 
Website
http://www.prota.org
Publisher
 
Year
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Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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