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Sesbania sesban subsp. sesban var. nubica

River Bean
umsokoosoko
umSokosoko
(Sesbania sesban)
(Sesbania sesban subsp. sesban)

Fabaceae Faboideae Sesbanieae 

As at April 2024, 18 herbarium specimens, 18 visual observations

South African Red List status: subspecies LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
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Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Sesbania sesban - Slender tree up to 6 m high, thinly and softly hairy. Leaflets less than 20 pairs, oblong, almost stalkless, blunt-tipped with minute point, c 1 cm long x 3 mm wide. Flowers few on slender axis, not hanging. Calyx broadly cup-shaped, c 5 mm long, lobes short, broad. Corolla yellow, standard spotted, c 1,5 cm long. Pod slender, up to 15 cm long.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.