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Sesbania tetraptera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a herb with yellow flowers. The fruits are pods. The species is native to Africa, and was first validly described in 1871.
Sesbania tetraptera is native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of Botswana, Chad, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, South Africa (the Northern Provinces), Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The species grows in temporarily flooded grasslands and Colophospermum woodlands, and on clay, sand, and limestone. It is present at altitudes of 60–1,600 metres (200–5,250 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sesbania tetraptera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
