Fabaceae
Vegetable hummingbird
Sesbania grandiflora
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Sesbania
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Common names
By language (43)
- ace
- Geuti
- Arabic
- سيسبان كبير الأزهار
- arz
- سيسبان كبيره الازهار
- Assamese
- বক ফুল
- ban
- Punyan Tuwi
- Bangla
- বকফুল
- bik
- Gaway-gaway
- bjn
- Turi
- Burmese
- ပေါက်ပန်းဖြူ
- Chinese
- 大花田菁, 向天蜈蚣, 木田菁, 红蝴蝶, 落皆
- Czech
- Sesbánie velkokvětá
- Divehi
- ފީރު މުރަނގަ ތޮޅި
- Dutch
- Dok kae, Dok khae, Kembang turi
- English
- Vegetable hummingbird
- Esperanto
- Turio
- Finnish
- Nauhakolibrinpapu
- German
- Turibaum
- gor
- Wuliyango
- Hindi
- अगस्ति
- Iloko
- Katuday
- Indonesian
- Turi
- Japanese
- シロゴチョウ, 白胡蝶
- Javanese
- Turi, Kembang Turi
- Kannada
- ಚೊಗಚೆ
- Korean
- 벌새나무
- mad
- Toroy
- Malay
- Turi, Geti
- Malayalam
- അകത്തി, Agati, അഗസ്തി
- Marathi
- अगस्ता
- min
- Turi
- mnw
- လာံသု၊ တၞံ
- Odia
- ଅଗସ୍ତି, ବକପୁଷ୍ପ ଗଛ
- Persian
- درخت مگسمرغ
- Russian
- Сесбания крупноцветковая
- Sanskrit
- अगस्त्यवृक्षः
- shn
- မွၵ်ႇၵၢဝ်ၽိူၵ်ႇ, တူၼ်ႈၵၢဝ်ၽိူၵ်ႇ, မႆႉၵၢဝ်ၽိူၵ်ႇ
- Sundanese
- Turi
- Tamil
- அகத்தி, பேரகத்தி, அகத்திக் கீரை
- tcy
- ಅಗಸೆ ಪೂ
- Telugu
- అవిశ, అవిశాకు, అవిసె
- Thai
- แค
- Tongan
- Sepania
- Vietnamese
- So đũa, Điền thanh hoa lớn
Synonyms
- Aeschynomene grandiflora (L.) L.
- Agati grandiflora (L.) Desv.
- Agati grandiflora var. albiflora Wight & Arn.
- Coronilla grandiflora (L.) Willd.
- Dolichos arborescens G.Don
- Dolichos arboreus Forssk.
- Emerus grandiflorus (L.) Hornem.
- Resupinaria grandiflora (L.) Raf.
- Robinia grandiflora L.
- Sesban coccinea (L.f.) Poir.
- Sesban grandiflora (L.) Poir.
- Sesban grandiflorus (L.) Poir.
- Sesbania mannii Sachet
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, June to July, October to January (from 38 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mark Liptrot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Navaneeth Sini George, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shelomi Doyle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trees ForTheFuture, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian Cowie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.