Genus:
Sesbania
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Fifty-two species, native to warm regions and
usually growing in wet places. Eighteen species native to southern Africa,
three are naturalised and a further two are cultivated in the
region. Sesbania punicea (Red sesbania,
Rooi sesbania) is a
declared Category 1 invasive plant
in South Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Sesbania bispinosa Recorded from Mozambique. See
Flora of Mozambique. |
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Sesbania brevipedunculata
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Sesbania cinerascens (Grey river bean) |
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Sesbania coerulescens
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Sesbania goetzei Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Sesbania greenwayi Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. |
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Sesbania leptocarpa Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. |
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Sesbania macowaniana |
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Sesbania macrantha
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Sesbania microphylla |
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Sesbania notialis |
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Sesbania pachycarpa |
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Sesbania rogersii |
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Sesbania rostrata |
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Sesbania sesban (River bean) |
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Sesbania sphaerosperma |
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Sesbania tetraptera |
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Sesbania transvaalensis |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Sesbania benthamiana
Native to Australia.
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Sesbania paulensis
Native to Brazil.
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Publications
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