Fabaceae
Egyptian riverhemp
Sesbania sesban
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Sesbania
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- سيسبان مصري
- Chinese
- 印度田菁, 埃及田菁
- English
- Egyptian riverhemp
- Finnish
- Egyptinkolibrinpapu
- Malagasy
- Maivanaty
- Vietnamese
- Bông điên điển, Cây điên điển, Điền thanh, Điền thanh bụi, Điền thanh thân tía
Synonyms
- Aeschynomene sesban L.
- Coronilla sesban Willd.
- Coronilla sesban (L.) Moench
- Emerus sesban (L.) Hornem.
- Sesban aegyptiaca Poir.
- Sesban aegyptiacus Poir.
- Sesban picta (Cav.) Poir.
- Sesban sesban (L.) Britton
- Sesbania aegyptiaca Poir.
- Sesbania aegyptiaca Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lawrence ole Ngugi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dilip Kumar Verma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Serge Garnier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saint Fédriche NDZAI, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: nicodemas kariuki, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HENRY NJUGUNA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.