Distribution Map

Sesbania bispinosa var. bispinosa

               
(Sesbania bispinosa)

Fabaceae Faboideae Sesbanieae 

(exotic - see Alien Plants Database)

As at April 2024, 9 herbarium specimens, 4 photo records, 14 visual observations
Found within protected areas: Mlawula

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Sesbania bispinosa - Tall little-branched short-lived tree, up to 5 metres high. Leaves widely spaced with usually over 20, often over 30, pairs of leaflets, which are oblong, almost stalkless, blunt with minute point, c 1,7 cm long x 5 mm wide. Flowers in long slender hanging racemes; calyx c 6 mm long, lobes triangular; corolla c 1,7 cm long, yellow, standard speckled, hairless. Pods slender, up to 20 cm long, hanging.

* 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.