Sesbania grandiflora

Sesbania grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Clade: Robinioids
Tribe: Sesbanieae
Genus: Sesbania
Species:
S. grandiflora
Binomial name
Sesbania grandiflora
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Aeschynomene coccinea L.f.
    • Aeschynomene grandiflora (L.) L.
    • Agati coccinea (L.f.) Desv.
    • Agati grandiflora (L.) Desv.
    • Agati grandiflora var. albiflora Wight & Arn.
    • Agati grandiflora var. coccinea (L.f.) Wight & Arn.
    • Coronilla coccinea (L.f.) Willd.
    • Coronilla grandiflora (L.) Willd.
    • Coronilla grandiflora Boiss.
    • Dolichos arborescens G. Don
    • Dolichos arboreus Forssk.
    • Emerus grandiflorus (L.) Kuntze
    • Resupinaria grandiflora (L.) Raf.
    • Robinia grandiflora L.
    • Sesban coccinea (L.f.) Poir.
    • Sesban grandiflora (L.) Poir. [Spelling variant]
    • Sesban grandiflorus (L.) Poir.
    • Sesbania coccinea (L.f.) Pers.

Sesbania grandiflora,[2][page needed] commonly known as vegetable hummingbird,[3] katurai, agati, or West Indian pea, is a small leguminous tree native to Maritime Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It has edible flowers and leaves commonly eaten in Southeast Asia and South Asia.[4]

  1. ^ "Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  2. ^ Joshi, Shankar Gopal (2000). Medicinal Plants. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9788120414143.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sesbania grandiflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. ^ Cucio, Ardy L.; Aragones, Julie Ann A. Katuray Production Guide (PDF). Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2021.