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Sesbania cannabina (Retz.)Pers.

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HIGHER TAXON: Robinieae

GENUS: Sesbania Scop.

Sesbania cannabina (Retz.)Pers. [Preferred name]
    Aeschynomene cannabina Retz. {Synonym}
    Coronilla cannabina Willd. {Synonym}
    Sesbania aculeata var. cannabina (Retz.)Baker {Synonym}
    Sesbania cannabina var. floribunda Gagnep. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Dhaincha [3026]; Dhunchi [3030]; Prickly Sesban [3026]; Sesbania Pea [1917]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (U) [267]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3026]; China (I) [267, 1939, 3416]; Fujian [3416]; Guangxi [3416]; Jiangsu [3416]; Jiangxi [3416]; Yunnan [3416]; Zhejiang [3416]; Hainan (I) [3416]; India (N) [267, 3017, 3029, 3092, 3118, 3376, 3378]; Gujarat [3017]; Madhaya Pradesh [3029]; Orissa [3376]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3378]; West Bengal [3118]; Indonesia (I) [261, 267]; Iraq (I) [267, 1939]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [267]; Malaysia (I) [267]; Myanmar (N) [3026]; Nepal (N) [3369]; Philippines (I) [267]; Vietnam (U) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [267, 1880, 1915]; New Caledonia (N) [267]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261, 267]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [267, 1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1862, 1915, 1917, 1919, 3026, 3416, 3904, 3920] ; Illustration [261, 1862, 1915, 1917, 1919, 3416, 3904]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261] [1915], Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [1915], Perennial [1915] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Adams BR, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3030]; Environmental [261, 1862, 3026, 3030]; Fibre [261, 267, 1915, 3026, 3030]; Forage [3030]

  
NOTES:
  Nguyen van Thuan et al.(1987) treat this as a synonym of S.sericea but this [1937]
  is not in line with current practice. [1937]
  Du Puy & Telford (1993) record S.cannabina var. cannabina from 'Malesia'. [3920]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

267.

  Gillett, J.B., 1963
    Kew Bull.17:91-159. Sesbania in Africa (excl.Madagascar

1862.

  Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E., 1974
    Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1917.

  Harden, G.J.(Ed.), 1991
    Flora of New South Wales,Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1937.

  Thuan, N. et al., 1987
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23.P.

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3026.

  Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
    The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)

3029.

  Samvatsar, S., 1996
    The Flora of Western Tribal Madhya Pradesh (India)

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3092.

  Deb, D.B., 1981
    The Flora of Tripura State Vol 1

3118.

  Prain, D., 1905
    The vegetation ... Hugli-Howarh and 24-Pergunaha

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3376.

  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3378.

  Naskar, K., 1993
    Plant Wealth of the Lower Ganga Delta Vol.1

3416.

  Ding, C.S., 1994
    Sarcodum &... In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 40 (Leguminosae 2)

3904.

  Burbidge, N.T., 1965
    Aust.J.Bot.13:103-141.The Aust Spp.of Sesbania Scopoli

3920.

  DuPuy, D.J.& Telford, I.R.H., 1993
    Flora of Austalia 50 Oceanic Islands 2:188-236

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