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Taxon:
Sesbania grandiflora
(L.) Poir.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Sesbania
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Sesbanieae
Nomen number:
33770
Place of publication:
Encycl. 7:127. 1806 "
Sesban
" (C. Persoon, Syn. pl. 2(2):316. 1807)
Verified:
10/03/1989
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
10
(
10
active,
9
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Robinia grandiflora
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Aeschynomene grandiflora
(L.) L.
Agati grandiflora
(L.) Desv.
Coronilla grandiflora
(L.) Willd.
No images
Reference(s)
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Barbosa, C.
1994. Contribución al conocimiento de las leguminosas colombianas. I. La tribu Galegeae (Brown) Torrey & Gray, 1838
sensu lato
. Trianea 5:52.
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Sesbania+grandiflora&quantity=1
Gillett, J. B.
1963.
Sesbania
in Africa (excluding Madagascar) and southern Arabia. Kew Bull. 17:105.
Note:
lists as
Sesbania grandiflora
(L.) Poir.
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Note:
introd.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Note:
lists as
Sesbania grandiflora
(L.) Poir.
Kretschmer, A. E.
1998. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Kumar, S & P. V. Sane.
2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Liogier, H. A.
1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
Liogier, H. A.
1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Lock, J. M. & J. Heald.
1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds.
1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:85.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Matthew, K. M.
1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Nair, S. M. & M. Athar.
1998. Fuelwood as an energy source. Phytologia 85:106.
URL:
http://www.phytologia.org/
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Note:
lists as
Sesbania grandiflora
(L.) Poir.
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Pulle, A. A. et al., eds.
1932-. Flora of Suriname.
Note:
lists as
Sesbania grandiflora
(L.) Poir.
Rudd, V. E.
1955. The American species of
Aeschynomene
. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 32:132.
Sachet, M.-H.
1987. The littoral species of
Sesbania
(Leguminosae) in the South Pacific islands and its relatives. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (or, Sér. 3, Bot.) 9:10.
Note:
lists as
Sesbania grandiflora
(L.) Poir.
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Note:
lists as
Sesbania grandiflora
(L.) Poir.
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:196.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Note:
mentions
Verdcourt, B.
1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
English
scarlet wistaria-tree –
Reference(s)
vegetable-hummingbird –
Reference(s)
West Indian-pea –
Reference(s)
India
agathi –
Reference(s)
agati –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
cult. in tropics
6
Other
possible origin Indonesia
Cultivated
(cult. in tropics)
Other
(possible origin Indonesia)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
grazing
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Environmental
agroforestry
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Environmental
potential as revegetator
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Environmental
soil improver
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Fuels
fuelwood
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Human food
vegetable
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Human food
vegetable
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Materials
fiber
for pulp and paper
National Academy of Sciences.
1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References