Fabaceae FAMILY
Sesbania tetraptera
Sesbania tetraptera
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Sesbania tetraptera is an erect, annual or biennial herb growing 1- 4 metres 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. ]. The edible leaves are sometimes gathered from the wild and consumed locally.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeArica - Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, S. Africa.
HabitatTemporarily flooded grassland; clayey black hollow with drying crack; clayey-sandy or sandy places; riverside pans; dry limestone; mixed and Colophospermum woodland; at elevations of 90 - 1,600 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. ].