Sesbania seed collections in Southern Africa

Ecology, Morphology, Distribution, and Use of Sesbania tchadica (Sesbania Sesban) from the Republic of Chad: A Review

“…nubica, Sesbania sesban Merr. (L) (Ndungu and Boland, 1994) (Baker, 1926) or Sesbania aegyptiaca auct. non Pers.…”

“…It withstands waterlogging and is ideally suited to seasonally-flooded environments (Orwa et al, 2009). It occurs naturally in wet habitats such as lake shores, on muddy river banks and seasonally flooded valley bottoms (Ndungu and Boland, 1994); (Jamnadass et al, 2005). but also grows in open savannah (George & Gottwald, 2009) and dry, semi-arid zones (Mohammed Abbas et al, 2001).…”

“…The Filament-sheath is 9-13 mm, the inflorescence is never branched and is yellow speckled with purple or, in rare cases, is pure yellow. The plant glabrescent or glabrous (Figure 5 and figure 6A) (Gillett, 1963) (Ndungu and Boland, 1994) (Jean and Cyrille, 2019). Soaking the seeds in water for a few days is sometimes required to make them germinate (Gillett, 1963).…”

“…are used in agroforestry in tropical regions for other purposes such as stakes, fuelwood and reducing soil erosion. Land management practices featuring legumes include cereal-legume intercropping, relay cropping, biomass transfer and fodder banks (Ndungu and Boland, 1994) (Kwesiga et al, 1999) (Orwa et al, 2009) (Sileshi et al, 2014).…”

“…Planting nitrogen fixing trees such as S. sesban (S. tchadica) is an effective solution for increasing soil productivity (Bakhoum et al, 2018). The International Center for Agroforestry Research (ICRAF) is interested in the role of Sesbania sesban in improved fallows especially in savannah woodland region (Anon, 1992) (Ndungu and Boland, 1994) (Kwesiga et al, 1999). Improved fallows involve planting mainly legume tree/shrub species in rotation with cultivated crops.…”