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Vegetable Hummingbird

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers.

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Description

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Soft-wooded tree, 6-10 m tall. Leaf c. 13-30 cm long; leaflets 30-60, c. 1.8-3 cm long, 5-10 mm broad, oblong, obtuse, glabrous; stipules minute, deciduous. Inflorescence an axillary raceme, 2-4-flowered. Calyx c. 2.5 cm long, glabrous, somewhat 2-lipped. Corolla white or red. Vexillum c. 7-10 cm. Fruit c. 30-50 cm long, c. 8 mm wide, 25-35-seeded, svture much thickened.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 87 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Cultivated and naturalised in tropical Africa and Asia, probably a native of Indonesia.
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Distribution: Widely cultivated in the tropics of the New and the Old World; probably a native of Indonesia.
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Elevation Range

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200 m
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Flower/Fruit

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Fl.Per.: October-December.
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Comprehensive Description

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Agati grandiflora (L.) Desv. Jour, de Bot. Desv II. 1: 120. 1813.
Robinia grandiflora L. Sp. PI. 722. 1753. Aeschynomene grandiflora L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 1060. 1763. Aeschvnomene coccinea L.f. Suppl. 330. 1781. Coronilla grandiflora Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 1145. 1803. Coronilla coccinea Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 1146. 1803.
Sesban grandifloyus Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 7: 127. 1806.
Sesban coccineus Poir. in Lara. Encvc. 7: 127. 1806.
Sesbania grandiflora Pers. Syn. PI. 2: 316. 1807.
Sesbania coccinea Pers. Syn. PI. 2: 316. 1807.
Agali coccinea Desv. Jour, rie Bot. Desv. II. 1: 120. 1813.
Resupinaria grandiflora Raf. Sylva Tell. 115. 1838.
Agali grandiflora coccinea Wight & Arn. Prodr. Ind. Or. 1: 216. 1834.
Emerus grandiflorus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 180. 1891.
A small tree; leaves 1-3.5 dm. long; leaflets 14-50, oblong, glabrous or puberulent, 2.5-6 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide, rounded or retuse at the apex, acute or obtuse at the base; racemes 1-3-flowered; bracts and bractlets ovate, minute, caducous. Calyx about 2 cm. long and broad, slightly 2-lipped, the lobes very short or obsolete; corolla white or pinkish, or bright-red (var. coccinea), 6-8 cm. long; pod pendulous, 3-4 dm. long, 8 mm. wide and 4 mm. thick, 25-35-seeded; seeds reniform, 6 mm. long and 4 mm. high, brown, smooth.
Type locality: India.
Distribution: Florida; Yucatan; West Indies; also in Venezuela and Colombia; naturalized; native from India to northern Australia and the Philippines.
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Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Physical Description

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Perennial, Trees, Woody throughout, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems l ess than 1 m tall, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves even pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Stipels present at base of leaflets, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Flowers in axillary clusters or few-floweredracemes, 2-6 flowers, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Bracteoles present, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals white, Petals pinkish to rose, Petals red, Petals reddish brown, maroon, Banner petal suborbicular, broadly rounded, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel petals auriculate, spurred, or gibbous, Keel abruptly curv ed, or spirally coiled, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit tardily or weakly dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit or valves persistent on stem, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit compressed between seeds, Fruit beaked, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 11-many seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
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Sesbania grandiflora

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Sesbania grandiflora,[2] commonly known as vegetable hummingbird,[3] katurai, agati, or West Indian pea, is a small leguminous tree native to Maritime Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It has edible flowers and leaves commonly eaten in Southeast Asia and South Asia.[4]

Description

Sesbania grandiflora is a fast-growing tree. The leaves are regular and rounded and the flowers white, red or pink. The fruits look like flat, long, thin green beans. The tree thrives under full exposure to sunshine and is extremely frost sensitive.

It is a small soft wooded tree up to 3–8 m (10–26 ft) tall. Leaves are 15–30 cm (6–12 in) long, with leaflets in 10–20 pairs or more and an odd one. Flowers are oblong, 1.5–10 cm (1–4 in) long in lax, with two to four flower racemes. The calyx is campanulate and shallowly two-lipped. Pods are slender, falcate or straight, and 30–45 cm (12–18 in) long, with a thick suture and approximately 30 seeds 8 mm (0.3 in) in size.

Origin and distribution

It is native to Maritime Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei) to Northern Australia, and is cultivated in many parts of South India and Sri Lanka. It has many traditional uses.[5] It grows where there is good soil and a hot, humid climate.

Uses

Culinary

The flowers of S. grandiflora are eaten as a vegetable in Southeast Asia and South Asia, including Java and Lombok in Indonesia, the Ilocos Region of the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.

In the Thai language, the flowers are called ดอกแค (dok khae) and are used in the cuisine both cooked in curries, such as kaeng som and kaeng khae,[6] and raw or blanched with nam phrik.[7]

Flower nutrition

S. grandiflora flowers are 92% water, 7% carbohydrates, 1% protein, and contain no fat.[8] In a reference amount of 100 grams (3.5 oz), the flowers supply 27 calories, and are a rich source of vitamin C (88% of the Daily Value, DV) and folate (26% DV).[8]

Gallery

  • Steamed Sesbania grandiflora flowers (bottom), among other vegetables, in a Thai dish

    Steamed Sesbania grandiflora flowers (bottom), among other vegetables, in a Thai dish

  • Flowers of S. grandiflora

    Flowers of S. grandiflora

  • Flowers of the red variant of S. grandiflora

    Flowers of the red variant of S. grandiflora

  • Sesbania grandiflora pink variety

    Sesbania grandiflora pink variety

  • S. grandiflora leaves

    S. grandiflora leaves

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ Joshi S. G., Medicinal Plants, Medicinal plants, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. bks)
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sesbania grandiflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. ^ Cucio, Ardy L.; Aragones, Julie Ann A. Katuray Production Guide (PDF). Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, Republic of the Philippines.
  5. ^ Kirtikar K. R. & B. D. Basu, Indian Medicinal Plants Vol-I, International Book Distributor & Publisher, Dehradun, Edition 2005, bks pp. 735–736
  6. ^ LittleBigThaiKitchen (12 March 2012). "Kaeng Khae Kai (Katurai Chilli Soup with Chicken)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ Thailand Illustrated Magazine Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b "Sesbania flower, raw (per 100 g)". FoodData Central, US Department of Agriculture. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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Sesbania grandiflora: Brief Summary

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Sesbania grandiflora, commonly known as vegetable hummingbird, katurai, agati, or West Indian pea, is a small leguminous tree native to Maritime Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It has edible flowers and leaves commonly eaten in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

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