Fabaceae FAMILY

Sesbania pachycarpa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sesbania pachycarpa is an erect semi-woody annual or biennal plant that can grow 100 - 250cm tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of fibre. It is sometimes cultivated as a green manure crop.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Mauritania to Eritraea, south to Namibia and Zimbabwe

HabitatTemporary swamps; Sorghum and Arachis fields; river-sides; humid places; sandy-clayey hollows; roadsides; deep soil on plateau; damp sandy thickets; at elevations up to 1,200 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].