Carpet pea, Eight-day-healing bush
ZZ Otholobium decumbens

Family: Fabaceae

What it is like

A small trailing shrub. The leaves are 6-10 mm long with 3 leaflets. The flowers are in threes near the end of branches. Possibly now Otholobium virgatum (Burm.f.) C. H. Stirt

Where it is found

It is a subtropical plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Medicine

How it is grown

It can be grown from cuttings.

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Lotodes decumbens (Aiton) Kuntze; Psoralea decumbens Aiton; Psoralea ononoides Poir.;