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Sesbania rostrata Bremek. & Oberm.

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HIGHER TAXON: Robinieae

GENUS: Sesbania Scop.

Sesbania rostrata Bremek. & Oberm. [Preferred name]
    Sesbania hirticalyx Cronquist {Synonym}
    Sesbania pachycarpa sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Sesbania punctata sensu R.Vig. {Misapplied}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Kantsakantsa [3402]; Sinia [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Botswana (N) [210]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [267]; Chad (N) [267]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mali (N) [212]; Mauritania (N) [212]; Mozambique (N) [8]; Namibia (N) [210]; Niger (N) [267]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Senegal (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [1759]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Asia
Nepal (I) [3369]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [210, 3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahel regional transition zone; freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation. [210];
    Sudanian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 1759, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [3402], Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Medicine [14]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

14.

  Dalziel, J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

210.

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

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

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

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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