Grass-leaved crotalaria
Crotalaria glauca

Family: Fabaceae

What it is like

An annual herb. It grows 1 m high. The stems are slender. The leaves are simple and 8.5 cm long and narrow. The flowers are pale yellow. The fruit are pods and 2.5-3.5 cm long. There are 3 subspecies.

There are about 550 Crotalaria species. They are mostly tropical.

Where it is found

A tropical plant. It grows in long grass and wet waste places. It grows between 500-2,280 m above sea level. It grows in savannah woodland. It can grow in arid places.

Countries/locations it is found in

Africa, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, East Africa, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahel, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How it is used for food

The leaves, flowers are young pods are eaten as a pot herb.

Edible parts

Leaves, pods, flowers, fruit, vegetable

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Koro tio sina, Pau

Synonyms

Crotalaria amadiensis De Wild.;