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riverhemps
Sesbania
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. Plants of this genus, some of which are aquatic, can be used in alley cropping to increase the soil's nitrogen content. The species of rhizobia responsible for nitrogen fixation in Sesbania rostrata is Azorhizobium caulinodans.
Some 60 species are currently accepted, with about 39 still unresolved. The genus is native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, in the Americas from the southern United States to northern Argentina, in sub-Saharan Africa, in southern Asia, and in New Guinea, Australia, and the Pacific. The largest number of species are found in Africa, and the remainder in Australia, Hawaii, and Asia.
54 branches of this genus, most-observed first
bigpod sesbania
speciesSesbania herbacea
Bladder Pod
speciesSesbania vesicaria
Rattlebush
speciesSesbania drummondii
Scarlet Sesbane
speciesSesbania punicea
Sesbania Pea
speciesSesbania cannabina
wand riverhemp
speciesSesbania virgata
Agati
speciesSesbania grandiflora
'ōhai
speciesSesbania tomentosa
Sesbania bispinosa
speciesSesbania bispinosa
Egyptian riverhemp
speciesSesbania sesban
Sesbania sericea
speciesSesbania sericea
Corkwood
speciesSesbania formosa
Sesbania javanica
speciesSesbania javanica
Sesbania exasperata
speciesSesbania exasperata
Sesbania pachycarpa
speciesSesbania pachycarpa
Sesbania benthamiana
speciesSesbania benthamiana
Sesbania brachycarpa
speciesSesbania brachycarpa
Sesbania sphaerocarpa
speciesSesbania sphaerocarpa
Sesbania rostrata
speciesSesbania rostrata
Sesbania longifolia
speciesSesbania longifolia
Sesbania transvaalensis
speciesSesbania transvaalensis
Sesbania microphylla
speciesSesbania microphylla
Sesbania campylocarpa
speciesSesbania campylocarpa
Sesbania erubescens
speciesSesbania erubescens
Sesbania macrantha
speciesSesbania macrantha
Sesbania macroptera
speciesSesbania macroptera
Sesbania procumbens
speciesSesbania procumbens
Sesbania simpliciuscula
speciesSesbania simpliciuscula
Sesbania coccinea
speciesSesbania coccinea
Sesbania madagascariensis
speciesSesbania madagascariensis
Blue River Bean
speciesSesbania coerulescens
Sesbania keniensis
speciesSesbania keniensis
Sesbania leptocarpa
speciesSesbania leptocarpa
Sesbania notialis
speciesSesbania notialis
Sesbania macowaniana
speciesSesbania macowaniana
Sesbania marchionica
speciesSesbania marchionica
Sesbania quadrata
speciesSesbania quadrata
Sesbania somalensis
speciesSesbania somalensis
Sesbania concolor
speciesSesbania concolor
Sesbania speciosa
speciesSesbania speciosa
Sesbania sudanica
speciesSesbania sudanica
Ash-Grey Riverbean
speciesSesbania cinerascens
Sesbania tetraptera
speciesSesbania tetraptera
Sesbania burbidgeae
speciesSesbania burbidgeae
Sesbania dummeri
speciesSesbania dummeri
Sesbania goetzei
speciesSesbania goetzei
Sesbania oligosperma
speciesSesbania oligosperma
Sesbania wildemanii
speciesSesbania wildemanii
Sesbania subalata
speciesSesbania subalata
Sesbania melanocaulis
speciesSesbania melanocaulis
Sesbania brevipeduncula
speciesSesbania brevipeduncula
Sesbania chippendalei
speciesSesbania chippendalei
Sesbania paucisemina
speciesSesbania paucisemina
Sesbania hirtistyla
speciesSesbania hirtistyla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72358.