Edible: Flowers, Leaves
An erect annual or perennial plant. It grows in water. It is 1.5-2 m tall. The leaves have an even number of leaflets along the stalk. There are 20 or more pairs. They do not have leaf stalks. They are 3-8 mm long by 1-3 mm wide. The flowers are yellow streaked with orange, brown or purple. They are pea like or like a butterfly. The fruit are narrow pods. They are 3-4 cm long and 3-4 mm wide They break into several one seeded sections.
A tropical plant. It grows in marshes. It can grow on sandy or clayey soils and the edges of creeks. It grows in wet grassland savannah. In Zimbabwe it grows up to 1,200 m above sea level.
Common Names: Angiquinho, Baombary, Budda pea, Curly indigo, Dienma an, Hard sola, He meng, Hiamotra, Ikin sihk, Kath shola, Kat sola, Kuhila, Kusanemu, Lajuari, Laugauni, Maricazinho, Nay-bin, Nellithalli, Papquinha, Pinheirinho, Ramianoka, Ramiavona, Rut nuoc, Sano hin, Snao ach moen, Soyo-nyika, Tchilambou, Tiga jiluga, Vatshola
Synonyms:
Aeschynomene oligantha Welw. ex Baker;