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Sesbania cannnabina

Sesbania cannnabina (corkwood tree, "Kibanatsunokusanemu")

Japanese name: キバナツノクサネム (黄花角草合歓)
Scientific name: Sesbania cannnabina

Sesbania cannnabina

[Overview]
An annual reaching 3–3.5 m tall, seen in vacant lots and similar places.
The stem is erect, with few branches, and is sometimes tinged with brown.
The leaves are alternate and even-pinnately compound, 15–25 cm long, consisting of 20–35 pairs of leaflets.
The leaflets are linear to ovate, about 0.8–2 cm long, with entire margins.
Racemes 3–10 cm long arise from the leaf axils and bear 2–6 flowers.
The flowers are yellow, pea-shaped, about 1 cm long, and often have reddish-purple mottling on the outside.
The fruit is linear, 12–20 cm long and about 0.3 cm wide, and contains many seeds.

Details

Names
English: corkwood tree, Sesbania pea, Dhunchee fibre tree, yellow pea bush, yellow bush pea
Japanese: キバナツノクサネム(黄花角草合歓)、ツノクサネム(角草合歓)、デンセイ(田菁)
Life form
Annual
Habit
Terrestrial
Similar plants
Flowering season
August, September, October
Distribution or origin
Thought to be Australia and the southwestern Pacific islands
Height
3000–3500 mm
Leaf shape
Even-pinnate compound leaf
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf margin
Entire
Inflorescence
Raceme
Flower color
Yellow
Inflorescence length
30–100
Leaf color
Green

Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.

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