Sesbania leptocarpa DC.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Sesbania Scop.
Tribe: Robinieae
References: [212]

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Other names:

• Sesbania arabica Steudel [Synonym] [267]
  
• Sesbania mossambicensis Klotzsch [Synonym] [1759]
  
• Sesbania mossambicensis Klotzsch Subsp. minimiflora J.B.Gillett [Synonym] [1759]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [1759]
  • Burkina [212]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Cape Verde [268]
  • Chad [262]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Malawi [1759]
  • Mali [212]
  • Mozambique [24]
  • Niger [212]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Senegal [212]
  • Somalia [8]
  • Sudan [267]
  • Zaire [8]
  • Zambia [24]
  • Zimbabwe [1759]

• Middle East
  • Yemen [24]

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Notes:

• Two varieties, leptocarpa and minimiflora
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:54