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Sesbania leptocarpa DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Robinieae

GENUS: Sesbania Scop.

Sesbania leptocarpa DC. [Accepted]
    Sesbania arabica Steudel {Synonym}
    Sesbania mossambicensis Klotzsch {Synonym}
    Sesbania mossambicensis ssp. minimiflora J.B.Gillett {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Burkina (N) [212]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Cape Verde (U) [268]
    Chad (N) [262]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Ghana (N) [212]
    Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Malawi (N) [1759]; Mali (N) [212]
    Mozambique (N) [24]; Niger (N) [212]; Nigeria (N) [212]
    Senegal (N) [212]; Somalia (N) [8]; Sudan (N) [267]
    Zaire (N) [8]; Zambia (N) [24]; Zimbabwe (N) [1759]
  Middle East
    Yemen (N) [24]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [24]
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [24]
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [24]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Two varieties, leptocarpa and minimiflora
  Nodulation data from Sesbania mossambicensis Klotzsch [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

8.

   Lock,J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

24.

   Thulin,M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

212.

   Hepper,F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

262.

   Lebrun,J.-P. & Gaston,A., 1976
    Adansonia 2:381-390.1er Suppl. Cat pl.vasc.Tchad merid
    Adansonia 2:381-390.1er Suppl. Cat pl.vasc.Tchad merid

267.

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

268.

   Sunding,P., 1999
    Check-list of plants of Cape Verde Islands.
    Check-list of plants of Cape Verde Islands.

1759.

   Lewis,G.P., 1989
    Kirkia 13(1):11-51.Sesbania in Flora Zambesiaca region
    Kirkia 13(1):11-51.Sesbania in Flora Zambesiaca region

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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