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Sesbania aculeata (Schreb.) Pers.

Species

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Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 5 m tall. The leaves are 10-30 cm long. There are 25-50 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are yellow with purple spots. The pod is 25 cm long and curved. It has a beak 1 cm long. It has 35-40 seeds. The seeds are brown and 3 mm by 1.5 mm by 1.1 mm. Possibly the same as Sesbania bispinosa.
Life form
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in muddy swamps.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food cover plant environmental use erosion control fiber fibre fodder food forage fuel fuelwood green manure gum hedge house garden crop leaf vegetable magical plant manure material medicinal paper poison shade soil improve vertebrate poison windbreak wood
Edible flowers seeds
Therapeutic use Antifungal agents (seed), Skin diseases (seed), Astringent (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Sesbania aculeata world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bangladesh, Barbados, Botswana, China, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Haiti, Indonesia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malawi, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Somalia, Seychelles, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Viet Nam, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Sesbania aculeata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60007631-3
WFO ID wfo-0000176765
COL ID 65C54
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 631343
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Synonyms

Aeschynomene spinulosa Sesbania arborescens Sesbania aculeata Aeschynomene aculeata Sesbania bispinosa Aeschynomene paludosa Coronilla aculete Sesbania cochinchinensis Aeschynomene bispinosa Coronilla aculeata Sesbania muricata Sesbania aculeata Sesban aculeatus Sesbania paludosa Agati cannabina Aeschynomene aculeata Sesbania paludosa Sesbania candira Sesbania affinis Sesbania bispinosa var. bispinosa Sesbania aculeata var. elatior Sesbania bispinosa var. elatior Sesbania bispinosa var. micrantha Sesbania aculeata var. micrantha Sesbania cochinchinensis Emerus aculeatus Sesbania roxburghii
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