What is the meaning of Sesbania?

Definition of sesbania 1 capitalized : a small genus of chiefly tropical pinnate-leaved herbs, shrubs, or trees (family Leguminosae) usually having large showy pealike flowers — see colorado river hemp. 2 plural -s : any plant of the genus Sesbania.

What is the common name of Sesbania?

Sesbania grandiflora, commonly known as vegetable hummingbird, katurai, agati, or West Indian pea, is a small leguminous tree native to Maritime Southeast Asia and Northern Australia.

What is Sesbania flower?

Sesbania is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, and the only genus found in tribe Sesbanieae. Riverhemp is a common name for plants in this genus. Notable species include the rattlebox (Sesbania punicea), spiny sesbania (Sesbania bispinosa), and Sesbania sesban, which is used in cooking.

Is Sesbania edible?

The leaves, flowers, and young pods are edible, and Sesbania flowers are commonly used as a vegetable in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

How do you identify sesbania?

Identifying Characteristics It can be easily identified by its leaves, which are composed of many smaller leaflets, large yellow flowers and a distinctive curved seedpod.

What is the family of sesbania?

LegumesSesbania / Family

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Is Sesbania toxic?

The Sesbania species are potentially toxic, containing a compound identified as saponin. It has been reported that ingestion of the genus has poisoned cattle in Florida and Texas. Despite the toxicity issue, the plant is palatable to cattle and is alleged to have some nutritional value.

How do you grow Sesbania?

It is often cultivated on the low dikes between rice fields (Göhl, 1982) or in association with Guinea grass (Cook et al., 2005). Optimal growth conditions are 22-30°C mean annual temperatures, 2000-4000 mm annual rainfall, at an altitude from sea level up to 800-1000 m (Cook et al., 2005).

Is sesbania a fodder?

Sesbania sesban is one of the exotic multipurpose fodder trees introduced in the Ethiopian highlands for livestock feed and soil conservation. Several on-station studies showed that supplementation with Sesbania improved intake and digestibility of basal diet and growth rate of animals.

What is the family of indigofera?

LegumesIndigo / Family