Sesbania herbacea (Mill.) Mcvaugh

Bigpod sesbania (en), Sesbanie (fr), Sesbania herbacé (fr), Sesbania élevé (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Sesbania

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 2.75m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Fields and low ground. Bottomland forests, banks of streams, and margins of oxbows and sloughs; also edges of crop fields, railroads, roadsides, and open disturbed areas
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Fields and low ground. Bottomland forests, banks of streams, and margins of oxbows and sloughs; also edges of crop fields, railroads, roadsides, and open disturbed areas
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-12

Usage

Uses environmental use fiber material poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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 - 28
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Sesbania herbacea leaf picture by julian spezz (cc-by-sa)
Sesbania herbacea leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Sesbania herbacea leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Sesbania herbacea flower picture by erick cuevas (cc-by-sa)
Sesbania herbacea flower picture by erick cuevas (cc-by-sa)
Sesbania herbacea flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Sesbania herbacea fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Sesbania herbacea world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Canada, Ghana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:284993-2
WFO ID wfo-0000179858
COL ID 4WZ5H
BDTFX ID 168916
INPN ID 993219
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Darwinia exaltata Sesbania macrocarpa Sesban exaltatus Sesbania exaltata Emerus herbaceus Cytisus tetragonus Emerus herbacea Sesbania herbacea