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Sesbania grandiflora
Also called West Indian Pea, Scarlet Wistaria Tree
In Singapore: Vegetable Hummingbird, Scarlet Wistaria Tree, Petai Belalang, Red Wisteria, Agathi, Sesban, Getih, Kachang Turi, West Indian Pea Tree, Daun Turi, Turi, 大花田菁, 木田菁, West Indian Pea (Cultivated in Singapore)
Sesbania grandiflora is a fast-growing, soft-wooded leguminous tree native to Malesia and New Guinea, grown for its edible flowers and pods. Give it full sun, heat and humidity, and protect it from frost.
Sesbania grandiflora, common names vegetable hummingbird, katurai, agati, agastya, agasya, kathurumurunga and West Indian pea, is a leguminous tree of family Fabaceae native to Malesia, including Malaysia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. It is widely distributed globally in equatorial regions. The flowers are eaten in Southeast and South Asia.
It is native to Maritime Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei) to New Guinea. It is cultivated in many parts of South India and Southeast Asia. It grows where there is good soil and a hot, humid climate.
S. grandiflora has many traditional uses. Its flowers are 92% water, 7% carbohydrates, 1% protein, and contain no fat. In a reference amount of 100 grams (3.5 oz), the flowers supply 27 calories, and are a rich source of vitamin C (88% of the Daily Value, DV) and folate (26% DV).
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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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.
