Common name:
Variable Glycine
Family name:
Fabaceae
Botanical name:
Glycine tabacina
Flowering/fruiting season:
Spring - summer
Location:
'Not common in ACT but has been collected from dry sclerophyll areas near Canberra.' (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:230)
Use:
Notes:
Closely related species to the cultivated Asian soybean Glycine maxima. However there is no record of Aboriginal use of the seeds. (Gott, 1995)
Language names:
Horticulture :
Propagation from seed; climbs through other plants (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:606)
Similar species:
Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine - smaller plant
Common in woodland and forest areas (Burbidge & Gray, 1976)
Use code:
ROOT