Sesbania grandiflora

Turibaum

The Turibaum ( Sesbania grandiflora ) is a species of the subfamily of the Fabaceae ( Faboideae ) within the legume family ( Fabaceae ). He is originally from India and Southeast Asia and is now also grown in Africa and the Caribbean. The Turibaum only grows in damp and hot lowlands and does not tolerate temperatures below 10 ° C.

The flowers are eaten as a vegetable, the young pods and leaves are also edible.

Description

The Turibaum is reached 25 to 30 cm a small, loosely branched, not reinforced tree growth heights of up to 8 to 15 meters and trunk diameter. The only at the ends of branches alternate standing leaves are 15-30 cm long, and pinnate with twelve pairs to 20 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are oblong, rounded, 3-4 cm long and about 1 cm wide. Before the leaves are shed they get a light yellow color.

The inflorescences contain two to five flowers. The large, hermaphroditic flowers are zygomorphic and 5 to 10 cm long. The petals are pink, red or white.

Pendant legume is narrow, 30 to 50 cm long and contains 15 to 40 seeds. The elliptical seed is red - brown, 3.5 mm in size and weighs about 1 g

Source

• Sesbania grandiflora (English )