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Sesbania grandiflora (L.)Pers.

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HIGHER TAXON: Robinieae

GENUS: Sesbania Scop.

Sesbania grandiflora (L.)Pers. [Preferred name]
    Aeschynomene coccinea L.f. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene grandiflora (L.)L. {Synonym}
    Agati coccinea (L.f.)Desv. {Synonym}
    Agati grandiflora (L.)Desv. {Synonym}
    Agati grandiflora var. albiflora Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Agati grandiflora var. coccinea (L.f.)Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Coronilla coccinea (L.f.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Coronilla grandiflora (L.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Dolichos arboreus Forssk. {Synonym}
    Emerus grandiflorus (L.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Resupinaria grandiflora (L.)Raf. {Synonym}
    Robinia grandiflora L. {Synonym}
    Sesban coccinea (L.f.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Sesban grandiflora (L.)Poir. {Orthographic variant}
    Sesban grandiflorus (L.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Sesbania coccinea (L.f.)Pers. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Aagasti [3030]; Agathi [3030]; Agati [1915, 3068]; Agati A Grandes Fleurs [2968]; Agati-keerai [4751]; Akatti [4751]; Baby Boots [1056]; Baculo [1430]; Bak [3030]; Basna [3030]; Brede Malabar [1941, 3068]; Brede Morongue [1941]; Brede Morongue Gros [1941, 3068]; Christmas Bells [1850]; Cresta De Gallo [1430]; Gallito [1430, 2157]; Hatiya [3030]; Katura Murunga [1957]; Ofai [2968]; Ouai [2968]; Oufai [2968]; Picashia [453]; Pois Valliere [2157]; Scarlet Wisteria [3157]; Scarlet Wisteria Tree [1850]; Sesban [3030]; Spanish Armada [453]; Swamp Pea [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Cape Verde (I) [268]; Djibouti (I) [1765]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Gabon (I) [16]; Ghana (I) [212]; Malawi (I) [8]; Nigeria (I) [212]; Senegal (I) [212]; Sierra Leone (I) [212]; Tanzania (I) [8]
  Asia
Bangladesh (I) [3383]; Cambodia (I) [1937]; China (I) [3416]; Guangdong [3416]; Guangxi [3416]; Yunnan [3416]; India (I) [1914, 3009, 3017, 3021, 3027, 3028, 3092, 3094, 3366, 3371, 3372, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3378, 3392, 3699]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Karnataka [3021]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3699]; Manipur [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3392]; West Bengal [3378]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [210, 1969, 3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (I) [1937]; Malaysia (I) [3011]; Myanmar (I) [3366]; Nepal (I) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3011]; Philippines (I) [1979, 3963]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957]; Taiwan (I) [1929, 3416]; Thailand (I) [1971]; Vietnam (I) [1937]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Cayman Is (I) [453]; Jamaica (I) [1056]
  Central America
Nicaragua (I) [3348]; Panama (U) [1224, 1243]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (I) [3389]; Laccadive Is (I) [3366]; Madagascar (I) [1982]; Maldives (N) [3617]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941, 3068]
  Middle East
Yemen (I) [1939]
  North America
United States (U) [1430, 1431, 1850, 3157]; California [3157]; Florida [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; Marshall Is (I) [2235]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Society Is (I) [2968]
  South America
Colombia (U) [2233]; French Guiana (I) [2285]; Guyana (I) [2285]; Surinam (I) [2285]; Venezuela (U) [2233]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [212, 261, 1056, 1430, 1759, 1850, 1915, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1957, 2157, 3348, 3386, 3416, 3465] ; Illustration [261, 1938, 2157, 3069, 3416]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [261] [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1915] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (Americas Update) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & H

  
USES:
  Chemical products [14, 1957, 2996]; Environmental [210, 261, 1056, 1915, 1957, 2264, 3465]; Fibre [3030]; Food and Drink [14, 261, 1915, 1937, 1957, 3030, 3034]; Forage [14, 1957, 3030]; Medicine [14, 1937, 1957, 3030, 3034]; Miscellaneous [261]; Wood [1937, 3030]

  
NOTES:
  Red flowered form has been ranked as a distinct species or variety. [1915]
  Modern authors treat the two forms as variants of the same species. [1915]
  Probably originates from Indonesia. Cultivated in all tropical areas. [1937]
  Area of origin uncertain; probably Indonesia. Corner (1952) suggests NE Asia. [261]
  Native to Tropical Asia. [1915]
  Two forms of this species, one with white flowers and one with red flowers, [1915]
  exist along side each other. Although they have previously been placed under [1915]
  different forms, varieties and species, they are now considered to be [1915]
  conspecific. [1915]
  Bailey (1971) distinguishes an unnamed variety of this species. [3402]

  
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