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Sesbania sericea
Papagayo (Sesbania sericea) is a fast-growing annual or short-lived perennial herb or subshrub in the pea family, reaching 1 to 3 m, with yellow pea-like flowers. It thrives in warm, seasonally dry tropical conditions and moist or periodically flooded ground.
Sesbania sericea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and dehiscent fruits. The species is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Sesbania sericea was described in 1809, and is listed as of Least Concern by the IUCN.
Sesbania sericea is native to Africa (Angola, Benin, Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda) and the Arabian Peninsula (Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen).
Sesbania sericea is used for animal food, medicine, and for fuel. It is used to poison fish.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sesbania sericea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
