Neorautanenia ficifolia
(Benth. ex Harv.) C.A.Sm.
Fabaceae
Dolichos ficifolius (Benth. ex Harv.) Harms
Neorautanenia deserticola C.A.Sm.
Pueraria ficifolia (Benth.) L.Bolus
Rhynchosia ficifolia Benth. ex Harv.
Common Name:
General Information
Neorautanenia ficifolia is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from an extensive rootstock; the prostrate stems are around 150cm long, and can be branched or unbranched[
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- African Flowering Plants Database
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- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
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- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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- 0
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- Description
- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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The roots contain compounds that are insecticidal.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
308- Title
- Flora Zambesiaca
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- http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
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- An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
Range
Southern Africa - northern Namibia, southern Botswana, southern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, northern S. Africa
Habitat
Wooded grassland[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
- Publisher
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
].
Properties
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Perennial |
| Height | 0.20 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Neorautanenia ficifolia is a plant of semi-arid and arid regions in the tropical zone of southern Africa.
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The roots are insecticidal[
1309- Title
- The Leguminosae; A Source Book of Characteristics, Uses and Nodulation
- Publication
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- Author
- Allen O.N.; Allen E.K.
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin
- Year
- 1981
- ISBN
- 0-333-32221-5
- Description
- An amazing and comprehensive work, giving a brief guide to the many genera of the family Fabaceae and also the principle uses of the genus.
].
Alcoholic and aqueous extracts of the ground roots were shown to be toxic to the bean aphid, a 1% alcoholic extract killing all the aphids sprayed[
1415- Title
- Plants of Possible Insecticidal Value - A Review of the Literature up to 1941
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- Author
- McIndoo N.E.
- Publisher
- USDA; Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
- Year
- 1945
- ISBN
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- Description
- Information on the insecticidal properties (or not) of almost 1,200 species of plant. Rather dated but still with information hard to obtain elsewhere. It can be downloaded from the Intenet
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
