Sesbania sesban

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sesbania sesban
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Sesbania
Species: S. sesban
Binomial name
Sesbania sesban
(Jacq.) W. Wight


Synonyms for the Sesbania sesban species name include:

  • Aeschynomene aegyptiaca (Pers.) Steud.
  • Aeschynomene elongata Salisb.
  • Aeschynomene sesban L.
  • Dolichos aeschynome-sesban Forssk.
  • Emerus
  • Sesbania punctata DC.
  • Sesbania tchadica A. Chev.

Uses

Sesbania sesban is a nitrogen-fixing tree and may be useful in Alley Cropping.

See also

Agroforestry#Alley Cropping

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.