Plant genus in the legume family Fabaceae. Annual herbaceous plants with a confused terminology but similar in their toxicity. Contain galactomannan, a toxic gum which causes diarrhea. Includes S. cannabina, S. drummondii (S. cavanillesi), S. longifolia, S. punicea (red or purple sesbania), S. vesicaria (S. platycarpa). Called also Glottidium spp., Daubentonia spp., rattlepod, bagpod, coffee bean, rattlebox, rattlebrush, poison bean, and many others.
Sesbania
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any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pealike flowers
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Sesbania is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Notable species include the Rattlebox (Sesbania drummondii), Spiny Sesbania (Sesbania bispinosa), and Sesbania sesban, which is used in cooking. Plants of this genus, some of which are aquatic, can be used in alley cropping to increase the soil's nitrogen content.
Synonyms
Formerly this genus had been known as Aeschynomene (Schreb.) 1770, (Jacq.) 1792.
List of species
- Sesbania benthamiana
- Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.Wight (North Africa, Asia)
- Sesbania brachycarpa
- Sesbania brevipedunculata
- Sesbania campylocarpa
- Sesbania cannabina
- Sesbania chippendalei
- Sesbania cinerascens
- Sesbania coerulescens
- Sesbania concolor
- Sesbania dalzielii
- Sesbania drummondii (Rydb.) Cory - Rattlebox (Southeastern United States)
- Sesbania dummeri
- Sesbania emerus
- Sesbania erubescens
- Sesbania exasperata
- Sesbania formosa
- Sesbania goetzei
- Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poiret
- Sesbania greenwayi
- Sesbania hepperi
- Sesbania herbacea
- Sesbania hirtistyla
- Sesbania hobdyi
- Sesbania javanica
- Sesbania keniensis
- Sesbania leptocarpa
- Sesbania longifolia
- Sesbania macowaniana
- Sesbania macrantha
- Sesbania macroptera
- Sesbania microphylla
- Sesbania notialis
- Sesbania oligosperma
- Sesbania pachycarpa
- Sesbania paucisemina
- Sesbania punicea
- Sesbania quadrata
- Sesbania rostrata
- Sesbania sericea
- Sesbania sesban (Jacq.) W.Wight
- Sesbania simpliciuscula
- Sesbania somaliensis
- Sesbania speciosa
- Sesbania sphaerosperma
- Sesbania subalata
- Sesbania sudanica
- Sesbania tetraptera
- Sesbania tomentosa Hook. & Arn. - ʻŌhai (Hawaiian Islands)
- Sesbania transvaalensis J.B.Gillett
- Sesbania vesicaria (Jacq.) Elliott
- Sesbania virgata (Cav.) Pers.[2]
References
- ^ "Sesbania Scop.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11097. Retrieved on 2009-04-05.
- ^ "Species Records of Sesbania". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11097. Retrieved on 2009-04-05.
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