genus Sesbania


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Noun1.genus Sesbania - small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or shrubs or trees
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
sesbania - any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers
scarlet wisteria tree, Sesbania grandiflora, vegetable hummingbird - a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies
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Stem nodulation has been reported in 21 species of the genus Aeschynomene, three species of the genus Sesbania, and Neptunia oleracea [57].
Root distribution and nitrogen fixation activity of tropical forage legume American jointvetch (Aeschynomene americana L.) cv. Glenn under waterlogging conditions

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