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Sesbania sesban (L.)Merr.

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HIGHER TAXON: Robinieae

GENUS: Sesbania Scop.

Sesbania sesban (L.)Merr. [Preferred name]
    Aeschynomene sesban L. {Synonym}
    Coronilla sesban Willd. {Synonym}
    Emerus sesban (L.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Sesban aegyptiaca Poir. {Synonym}
    Sesban aegyptiacus Poir. {Orthographic variant}
    Sesbania aegyptiaca Poir. {Synonym}
    Sesbania aegyptiaca sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Sesbania aegyptiaca var. concolor Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Sesbania aegyptiaca var. picta Prain {Synonym}
    Sesbania confaloniana (Chiov.)Chiov. {Synonym}
    Sesbania pubescens sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Sesbania sesban var. concolor (Wight & Arn.)Baquar {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Chittakatti [4751]; Common Sesban [3026]; Egyptian Rattle Pod [3026]; Sesbania [1430]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [216]; Botswana (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [267]; Chad (N) [210]; Djibouti (N) [239]; Egypt (N) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [8]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mali (N) [212]; Mozambique (N) [8]; Namibia (N) [232]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Senegal (N) [210]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Somalia (N) [24, 210]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]; Swaziland (N) [267]; Togo (N) [8]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [8]; Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  Asia
Afghanistan (N) [1939]; Bangladesh (N) [3383]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [3416]; Yunnan [3416]; Hainan (N) [3416]; India (N) [267, 1915, 1947, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3092, 3094, 3108, 3119, 3366, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3385, 3387]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Assam [3385]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3374]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3108]; Manipur [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3387]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [267, 3898]; Iran (N) [1939]; Iraq (N) [267]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (N) [1937]; Malaysia (N) [267]; Nepal (I) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [267]; Philippines (I) [1979, 3963]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 3416]; Thailand (N) [941, 1971]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [212, 1880]
  Caribbean
Jamaica (I) [1056]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [1982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Nicobar Is (U) [3612]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Bahrain (N) [1939]; Oman (N) [1939]; Saudi Arabia (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [1939]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (I) [1949]
  South America
Brazil (I) [1414, 2233]; Paraguay (U) [2233]; Surinam (I) [2233, 2285]; Venezuela (U) [2233]
  South Atlantic & S.Oceans
St Helena (U) [212]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Somalia-Masai freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 1056, 1430, 1759, 1859, 1862, 1915, 1929, 1937, 1938, 1957, 3026, 3402, 3416, 3465, 3701, 3898, 3904] ; Illustration [24, 173, 236, 1430, 1859, 1862, 1915, 1929, 3593, 3904]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Shrub [1915] [3402] [3898], Tree [1915] [3402] [3898] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] [3898] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005

  
USES:
  Domestic [3465]; Environmental [210, 1937, 3402]; Fibre [14, 3026]; Food and Drink [3030, 3701]; Forage [14, 3024, 3030]; Medicine [14, 3030, 3034, 3092, 3465, 3701]; Wood [9, 3030, 3701]

  
NOTES:
  Gillett's (1963) var. zambesiaca probably syn. of var. nubica [1759]
  Throughout tropical regions of the old world. Often cultivated. [1937]
  Two subspecies, sesban and punctata; latter only found in Africa. [267]

  
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