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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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sesbania Pea being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sesbania bispinosa
- Sesbania sericea
- Sesbania exasperata
- Sesbania herbacea
- Sesbania sesban
- Aeschynomene virginica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Sesbania
- Species
- Sesbania cannabina
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