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Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir.

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir.

Sesbania grandiflora
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir.. Sesbania grandiflora, common names vegetable hummingbird, katurai, agati, agastya, agasya, kathurumurunga and West Indian pea, is a leguminous tree of family Fabaceae native to Malesia, including Malaysia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. It is widely distributed globally in equatorial regions. The flowers are eaten in Southeast and South Asia.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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