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Details for: Sesbania sesban
Source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).

Name: Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.
Nomencl. ref.: in Philipp. J. Sci. 7: 235. 1912
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
                              Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
                                   Tribus - Robinieae
                                        Genus - Sesbania Scop.
                                            
Geo-Search:
Basionym: Aeschynomene sesban L.
Homotypic synonyms: Aeschynomene sesban L.
Synonyms: Coronilla sesban Willd.
Emerus sesban (L.) Kuntze
Sesban aegyptiaca Poir.
Sesbania aegyptiaca (Poir.) Pers.
Sesbania confaloniana (Chiov.) Chiov.
Sesbania aegyptiaca var. concolor Wight & Arn.
Sesbania aegyptiaca var. picta Prain
Sesbania sesban var. concolor (Wight & Arn.) Baquar
Misapplied names: "Sesbania aegyptiaca" sec. auct.
"Sesbania pubescens" sec. auct.
Included taxa: Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. subsp. sesban
 
Comments: Gillett's (1963) var. zambesiaca probably syn. of var. nubica, Throughout tropical regions of the old world. Often cultivated., Two subspecies, sesban and punctata; latter only found in Africa.
Common names: Common Sesban (English), Egyptian Rattle Pod (English), Sesbania ()[Credits]
Conservation Status: Not Threatened
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: Eg [Eg]
Use: Domestic, Environmental, Fibre, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Wood