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'''''Sesbania''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[pea]] family, [[Fabaceae]]. Notable species include the Rattlebox (''[[Sesbania drummondii]]''), Spiny Sesbania (''[[Sesbania bispinosa]]''), and ''[[Sesbania sesban]]'', which is used in cooking. Plants of this genus, some of which are [[Aquatic plant|aquatic]], can be used in [[alley cropping]] to [[Nitrogen fixation|increase]] the [[soil]]'s [[nitrogen]] content.
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Sesbania (from Sesban, the Arabian name of S. aegyptiaca). Syns., Daubentonia, Glottidium. Leguminosae. Herbs or shrubs, sometimes arborescent, but short-lived, suitable for the warm- and coolhouse, and for outdoor planting in the far South.
 
Sesbania (from Sesban, the Arabian name of S. aegyptiaca). Syns., Daubentonia, Glottidium. Leguminosae. Herbs or shrubs, sometimes arborescent, but short-lived, suitable for the warm- and coolhouse, and for outdoor planting in the far South.
  
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* ''Sesbania benthamiana''
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* ''[[Sesbania bispinosa]]'' <small>([[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]]) [[William Franklin Wight|W.Wight]]</small> ([[North Africa]], [[Asia]])
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* ''Sesbania brachycarpa''
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* ''Sesbania brevipedunculata''
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* ''Sesbania campylocarpa''
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* ''[[Sesbania cannabina]]''
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* ''Sesbania chippendalei''
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* ''Sesbania cinerascens''
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* ''Sesbania coerulescens''
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* ''Sesbania concolor''
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* ''Sesbania dalzielii''
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* ''[[Sesbania drummondii]]'' <small>([[Per Axel Rydberg|Rydb.]]) [[Victor Louis Cory|Cory]]</small> - Rattlebox ([[Southeastern United States]])
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* ''Sesbania dummeri''
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* ''Sesbania emerus''
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* ''Sesbania erubescens''
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* ''Sesbania exasperata''
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* ''Sesbania formosa''
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* ''Sesbania goetzei''
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* ''[[Sesbania grandiflora]]'' <small>([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) Poiret</small>
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* ''Sesbania greenwayi''
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* ''Sesbania hepperi''
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* ''[[Sesbania herbacea]]''
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* ''Sesbania hirtistyla''
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* ''Sesbania hobdyi''
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* ''[[Sesbania javanica]]''
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* ''Sesbania keniensis''
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* ''Sesbania leptocarpa''
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* ''Sesbania longifolia''
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* ''Sesbania macowaniana''
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* ''Sesbania macrantha''
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* ''Sesbania macroptera''
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* ''Sesbania microphylla''
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* ''Sesbania notialis''
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* ''Sesbania oligosperma''
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* ''Sesbania pachycarpa''
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* ''Sesbania paucisemina''
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* ''Sesbania punicea''
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* ''Sesbania quadrata''
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* ''Sesbania rostrata''
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* ''Sesbania sericea''
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* ''[[Sesbania sesban]]'' <small>([[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]]) [[William Franklin Wight|W.Wight]]</small>
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* ''Sesbania simpliciuscula''
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* ''Sesbania somaliensis''
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* ''Sesbania speciosa''
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* ''Sesbania sphaerosperma''
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* ''[[Sesbania subalata]]'' <small></small>
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* ''[[Sesbania sudanica]]'' <small></small>
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* ''[[Sesbania tetraptera]]'' <small></small>
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* ''[[Sesbania tomentosa]]'' <small>[[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]] & [[George Arnott Walker Arnott|Arn.]]</small> - ''{{okina}}Ōhai'' ([[Hawaiian Islands]])
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* ''[[Sesbania transvaalensis]]'' <small>J.B.Gillett</small>
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* ''[[Sesbania vesicaria]] <small>(Jacq.) Elliott</small>
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* ''[[Sesbania virgata]]'' <small>(Cav.) Pers.</small><ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11097 Germplasm Resources Information Network]</ref>
  
 
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==References==
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
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Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Features: evergreen, deciduous
Scientific Names

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Sesbania is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Notable species include the Rattlebox (Sesbania drummondii), 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.


Read about Sesbania in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sesbania (from Sesban, the Arabian name of S. aegyptiaca). Syns., Daubentonia, Glottidium. Leguminosae. Herbs or shrubs, sometimes arborescent, but short-lived, suitable for the warm- and coolhouse, and for outdoor planting in the far South.

Leaves abruptly pinnate; lfts. many-paired, very entire; stipels minute or none: racemes axillary, lax; fls. yellow, red-purple, variegated, or white, slender-pedicelled; calyx broad, tube truncate, toothed or sub-equally lobed; standard orbiculate or ovate, spreading or reflex, wings falcate-oblong, keel incurved, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, with long claws; stamens free from the standard; ovary often stipitate: legume linear or rarely oblong, compressed, 4-angled or 4-winged.— About 30 species, widely distributed in the warmer regions of both hemispheres. CH


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