Sesbania sesban

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Fabales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Sesbanieae
Genus: Sesbania
Species: Sesbania sesban
Subspecies: S. s. subsp. sesban

Name

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Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr., 1912

Synonyms

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  • Aeschynomene sesban L.
  • Coronilla sesban (L.) Moench
  • Emerus sesban (L.) Hornem.
  • Sesbania aegyptiaca Poir.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Continental: Asia temperate
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Pakistan
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • Introduced into:
    • Andaman Is., Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Egypt, Hainan, Iraq, Jamaica, Laos, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Palestine, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sinai, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names

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বাংলা: জয়ন্তী গাছ
English: Egyptian riverhemp
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