Sesbania Tree

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Sesbania Tree

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

Sesbania Tree
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.



Common names
Egyptian pea; jayanti, janti, puri (Indonesia); katuray, katodai (Philippines); yay-tha-kyee, yethugyi (Myanmar); snao kook (Cambodia); sapao lom (Laos); sami, saphaolom (Thailand); dien-dien (Vietnam).

Shrub or short-lived tree up to 8 m tall. Stem up to 12 cm in diameter, usually pubescent, sometimes becoming glabrous. Leaves, including a short petiole, 2-18 cm long, pinnately compound; leaflets in 6-27 pairs, linear, oblong, up to 26 mm x 5 mm, glabrous or almost so above, sometimes pubescent beneath, often pilose at the margins; stipules narrowly triangular, up to 7 mm long, pubescent.

Uses/applications
S. sesban has a long history of use in India, primarily as a green manure and a source of cut and carry forage. Planted, or assisted to establish as a volunteer, as an improved fallow in maize fields in southern and east Africa because it improves crop yields and provides fuelwood. Can be intercropped with corn, beans, cotton and many other field crops. Harvested leaves make a rich compost. Its leaves are a good source of protein for cattle and sheep. Used as a grazed forage in sub-tropical Australia and Kenya. Has been used as a reclamation species of saline spoils in southern China.
It produces a light fuelwood suitable for cooking and charcoal production.
It has been used as a live support for black pepper, grapes, cucurbits and betel vine and as a shade tree for coffee and turmeric.

In Western Kenya, farmers allow it to grow in their maize fields because it improves crop yields and provides fuelwood.

It is used in the cuisine of Vietnam.

source : www.tropicalforages.info

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sesbania pods

sesbania pods
slowly turning brown--
cloudy sky

Partrick Wafula


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU

cold breezy morning ...
sesbanias gently swing
from side to side

dew gleaming
on sesbania leaves--
a dove coos

Patrick Wafula, Kenya


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from the Bamboochas, March 2010


evening breeze --
a butterfly flying around
a sesbania tree

Stephen Macharia



breezy evening --
a bird rests on a swinging
sesbania tree

Eric Mwange



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***** WKD : Trees and Haiku


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