Sesbania cannabina (Retz.)Pers.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Sesbania Scop.
Tribe: Robinieae
References: [210]

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Other names:

• Aeschynomene cannabina Retz. [Synonym] [1915]
  

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Common Names:

• Sesbania Pea [1917]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Adams BR
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [1862]
  
• Fibre [1915] [267]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Ghana [267]

• Asia [261] [1939]
  • China [267] [1939]
  • India-ISO [267]
  • Indonesia-ISO [267]
  • Iraq [267] [1939]
  • Irian Jaya [261]
  • Malaysia-ISO [267]
  • Philippines [267]

• Australasia [1880] [1915]
  • Australia [267] [1880] [1915]
    • New South Wales
    • Northern Territory
    • Queensland
    • South Australia
    • Western Australia
  • New Caledonia [267]
  • Papua New Guinea [267]

• Indian Ocean [1915]
  • Mauritius [267] [1915]
  • Reunion [1915]

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Notes:

• Widely cultivated and exact native area obscure. [2021]
  
• Probably from Australia and neighbouring northern islands. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:49