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Sesbania macrantha E.Phillips & Hutch.

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GENUS: Sesbania Scop.

Sesbania macrantha E.Phillips & Hutch. [Preferred name]
    Sesbania cinerascens sensu auct. {Misapplied}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [210]; Cameroon (N) [210]; Guinea (N) [267]; Ivory Coast (N) [267]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [267]; Nigeria (N) [267]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Sierra Leone (N) [267]; South Africa (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Asia
India (I) [3032]; Tamil Nadu [3032]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Somalia-Masai freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 1759, 1957] ; Illustration [210, 216]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb, Shrub, Tree [3581] ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [1957]

  
NOTES:
  Two varieties (FTEA, ref. 210), macrantha & levis. []
  2 vars., macrantha & levis [1759]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

216.

  Torre, A.R. et al., 1966
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

236.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.

267.

  Gillett, J.B., 1963
    Kew Bull.17:91-159. Sesbania in Africa (excl.Madagascar

1759.

  Lewis, G.P., 1989
    Kirkia 13(1):11-51.Sesbania in Flora Zambesiaca region

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

3032.

  Chandrabose, M. & Nair, N.C., 1987
    Flora of Coimbatore

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
    Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.
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