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3747.000 Sesbania
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007) Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3)
Description of the genus
Erect, annual or briefly perennial, herbs, shrubs or small trees. Indumentum simple. Stipules and stipels usually present. Leaves paripinnate. Leaflets opposite or subopposite. Flowers in axillary racemes. Calyx campanulate, teeth subequal, shorter than tube. Corolla glabrous, the standard petal with variously shaped appendages. Stamens diadelphous, 1 free, the others with filaments which are joined below to form a sheath (the filament sheath) which encloses the style, and which are free above. Pod usually long, dehiscent, beaked, sometimes winged, transversely septate. Derivation of name: from the Arabic name for Sesbania sesban Worldwide: 50 species in warm regions of the world Zimbabwe: 14 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bispinosa (Jacq.) W. F. Wight var. bispinosa | N,W,C,E,S | |
| brevipedunculata J.B. Gillett | N,W,C | |
| coerulescens Harms | N,C | Description, Image |
| greenwayi J.B. Gillett | N | |
| leptocarpa DC. var. leptocarpa | E,S | |
| leptocarpa DC. var. minimiflora (J.B. Gillett) G.P. Lewis | N | |
| macrantha Welw. ex E. Phillips & Hutch. var. macrantha | C,E | |
| macrantha Welw. ex E. Phillips & Hutch. var. levis J.B. Gillett | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| microphylla E. Phillips & Hutch. | N,W,C,E | |
| punicea (Cav.) Benth. | C,E | Description, Image |
| rostrata Bremek. & Oberm. | E,S | |
| sesban (L.) Merr. var. nubica Chiov. | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| tetraptera Hochst. ex Baker subsp. rogersii (E. Phillips & Hutch.) G.P. Lewis | N,W,E,S | |
| tetraptera Hochst. ex Baker subsp. tetraptera | S |
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Flora of Malawi: cultivated Sesbania
Flora of Mozambique: Sesbania
Flora of Zambia: Sesbania
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Sesbania
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Sesbania
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SesbaniaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sesbania
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sesbania
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sesbania
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sesbania
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sesbania
JSTOR Plant Science: Sesbania
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sesbania
Plants of the World Online: Sesbania
Tropicos: Sesbania
Wikipedia: Sesbania
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