Vegetable Hummingbird, Sesbania grandiflora

Growth conditions

USDA Hardiness zone

9-12 Learn more

Light requirement

Full sun

Water requirement

Moist, Wet

Soil type

Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)

Physical characteristics

Height

12.0

Cultivation details

Layer

Trees

Growth

Fast

Uses

Utility

Adhesive, Biomass, Fire starter, Fencing, Fiber, Animal feed, Cover crop, Gum, Mulch, textiles, Plant support, Wind breaker, Soil conditioner, Soil reclamation, Tannin, Lumber, Coppice, Nitrogen fixer

Edible

true

Edible parts

Flowers, Leaves, Seed, Seedpod, Shoots

Edible uses

Condiment, Gum, Tea

Names

Alternate name

Agati, butterfly tree, corkwood tree, gallito, cresta de gallo, báculo, agache, agase, agasta, agasti phul, agasti, agathi, agatoio, agthio, agust, agusta, ai-turi, akatthi, anari, angkie dei, athi, avasinana, avesi, ayathio, bagphal, bak, bakapushpam, bakphul, basna, bokful, bokphul, buko, chuchurangmei, daun turi, dok khae baan, geti, hatiya, kacang turi, kambang tuli, katuray, katurumurunga kolle, ke, khae baan, khae-khao, madga, ogosti, peragathi, scarlet wisteria tree, sesban, shevari, shiro-gochou, so dua, swamp pea, ta-hua, tien-tsing, toroj, turi, vegetable hummingbird, west indian pea tree, agase, agasti phul, agastya, agathi, agati, baby boots, dhaincha, gallito, hummingbird tree|kathuru murunga, itkata, ofai, picashia, po-son-cha, scarlet wistaria-tree, ses bania, sesbania, spanish armada, vegetable hummingbird, vegetable-hummingbird, west indian-pea

Taxonomy

Family

Fabaceae

Origin and spread

Native to

Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines

Introduced into

Andaman Is., Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Malawi, Maldives, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen

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