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Adenodolichos paniculatus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Hua) Hutchinson & Dalziel

Common Names

• Kpàrák (Birom)
• Kilikainawa (Fula-fulfulde)
• Dulluõe or Kwaiwa or Kwííwáá or Kwííyáá or Waken Wuta or Wáákén Wuta (Hausa)
• Fire Bean

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Nigeria
• Sudan
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• wooded grassland
• montane areas

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Feb (Uganda)

Herbaceous sometime climber or erect shrub to 4.5m with young stems red & flattened. Leaves with 3-5 leaflets to 50mm x 25mm. Axillary or terminal inflorescence, flowers with pinkish keel & yellowish standard. Silvery purple fruit

Medicinal, forage, leaves used as cattle fodder & food for edible caterpillars, stems for utensils, roots & leaves medicinal

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• FTEA
• UTP
• Feedipedia Adisseo