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Definition of Sesbania
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Sesbania
Specialized synonyms: Colorado River Hemp, Sesbania Exaltata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sesbania
Literary usage of Sesbania
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of Botany by IDEAL (Project) (1888)
"On the Floating-Roots of sesbania aculeata, Pers. BY DH SCOTT, MA, Ph. D., FLS,
Assistant Professor in Botany at the Normal School of Science, ..."
2. The Fibrous Plants of India Fitted for Cordage, Clothing, and Paper: With an by John Forbes Royle (1855)
"Wight and Arnott, in their ' Flora of the Indian Peninsula/ consider it to be
identical with sesbania cochinchinensis, which they have from China. ..."
3. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses by James Sykes Gamble (1902)
"1. Hough's " American Woods," vol. iv. No. 80. 10. sesbania, Pers. For a full
account of the Indian species of sesbania, see Praia iu Journ. As. Soc. lieng. ..."
4. Green Manure Production Systems for Asian Ricelands: Selected Papers from by Jagdish Kumar Ladha, Dennis P. Garrity (1994)
"Given low tillage costs, a rice yield increase of 0.4 t/ha (about 13%) would be
needed to equate profitability of sesbania plus urea with that of urea alone ..."
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