Fabaceae FAMILY
Sesbania cinerascens
Sesbania cinerascens
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Sesbania cinerascens is a graceful, much-branched, perennial. A short-lived plant with pithy stems that are more or less woody, it can grow 1.2 - 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 plant can be used as a windbreak, plant support and shade crop.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Angola, central and southern DR Congo, Zambia, northern Namibia, Botswana, northeast S. Africa
HabitatThickets near river; swampy places; peaty soil or mud; flooded dambos, periodically inundated marshes, river and lake margins; at elevations from 900 - 1,500 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. ].