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]
  • Aeschynomene grandiflora (L.) L.
  • Agati grandiflora (L.) Desv.
  • Agati grandiflora var. albiflora Wight & Arn.
  • Coronilla grandiflora (L.) Willd.
  • Dolichos arborescens G.Don
  • Dolichos arboreus Forssk.
  • Emerus grandiflorus (L.) Hornem.
  • Resupinaria grandiflora (L.) Raf.
  • Robinia grandiflora L.
  • Sesbania mannii Sachet

Sesbania grandiflora, common names vegetable hummingbird,[2] katurai, agati, and West Indian pea, is a leguminous tree of family Fabaceae native to Maritime Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. The flowers are eaten in Southeast and South Asia.

  1. ^ a b "Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Sesbania grandiflora". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 November 2015.