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Sesbania speciosa Taubert

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HIGHER TAXON: Robinieae

GENUS: Sesbania Scop.

Sesbania speciosa Taubert [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Kenya (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]
  Asia
    India-ISO (I) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; f-w swamp & aquatic vegetation [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Insufficiently known
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Environmental [1785,210]; Fibre; Wood

  
NOTES:
  Local and apparently decreasing in EA (FTEA, ref.210).


DATA SOURCES:

210.

   Gillett,J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

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.

1798.

   Mahmood,A. & Iqbal,P., 1994
    Pak.J.Bot. 26:1-20. Nodulation status of Leg plants in Sindh
    Pak.J.Bot. 26:1-20. Nodulation status of Leg plants in Sindh
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