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Sesbania cannabina
Also called Yellow pea-bush, Canicha, Prickly Sesban, Sesbania Pea, Yellow Peabush
Sesbania cannabina is a fast-growing leguminous shrub from the seasonally dry tropics of South Asia, Indochina and Australia, usually 1 to 3.5 m tall. It is grown mainly as a green manure, fodder and erosion-control plant, and it tolerates alkaline, saline and poorly drained soils.
Sesbania cannabina, the sesbania pea, prickly sesban, yellow bush pea, or yellow pea bush, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the seasonally dry tropics of the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, and Australia, and it has been introduced to a number of locales around the world. A shrub reaching 1 to 3.5 m (3 to 11 ft), it is typically found in wet areas and poor-draining soils at elevations from 0 to 900 m (0 to 3,000 ft), and can be a weed of rice paddies. It is cultivated as a green manure, and for fodder, erosion control, and its fiber, and is tolerant of alkaline and saline soils. It has been assessed as Least Concern.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
