Pdf sesbania sesban, a plant with diverse therapeutic benefits. Home pharmacological effects of sesbania sesban linn an overview. The health benefit of sesbania include lower blood pressure and help keep arteries flexible, supports normal fetal development, beneficial for skin, boosts immunity, prevents alzheimers disease, migraine, weakness. There is some debate regarding the toxicity of the saponins in. This study reports the effect of sesbania prunings plus moderate levels of n and p on bean phaseolus sp and maize zea mays yields in alley cropping.
Gross production increased for 60 days after inoculation. Merrill is the most productive multipurpose tree widely distributed in tropics and. The sesbania was the plots were kept weedfree throughout the growing. General information sesbania sesban is a shortlived shrub or small tree with a narrow crown.
Sesbania grandiflora, agati grandiflora hummingbird tree, butterfly tree, agati. A manual of practical information for extension agents and development workers. Sesbania sesban, sesbania aegyptiaca, egyptian pea. Notable species include the rattlebox sesbania punicea, spiny sesbania sesbania bispinosa, and sesbania sesban, which is used in cooking. Potential uses of an underutilized multipurpose tree in ethiopia article pdf available october 20 with 2,119 reads how we measure reads. The health benefits of sesbania make it an important constituent of any diet.
It favors moist, wet environments and is often found along river banks and wetlands. Riverhemp is a common name for plants in this genus. Pharmacological effects of sesbania sesban linn an overview download as pdf about authors saptarshi samajdar 1, amiya kr. It is also given as native to the south eastern arabian peninsula. Sesbania sesban, an indigenous n2fixing tree was the most promising among species tested in screening trials. Antioxidants are micronutrients that have gained importance in recent years due to their ability to neutralize free radicals or their actions. The effect of cutting height and frequency on the forage, wood and. Fabaceae is well known plant widely distributed in. Sesbania exaltata is susceptible to colletotrichum truncatum causing losses in biomass of seedlings. According to the fao grassland and species profiles the origins of s. Sesbania sesban improved fallows in eastern zambia. Sesbania sesban, sesbania aegyptiaca, egyptian pea toptropicals.
As with many invasive ornamentals, rattlebox has found its way out of cultivation and into natural areas. The record derives from ildis data supplied on 20100714 which reports it as an accepted name record 2453. Pdf sesbania sesban, a plant with diverse therapeutic. Sesbania punicea ufifas center for aquatic and invasive. Thus, the effects of improved fallow with leguminous shrub sesbania sesban on. Usdaars 2014 gives a wide native distribution, extending in africa from egypt to south africa and west to nigeria and senegal.
Pdf effects of improved fallow with sesbania sesban on maize. Plants of this genus, some of which are aquatic, can be used in alley cropping to. Notable species include the rattlebox sesbania punicea, spiny sesbania sesbania bispinosa, and sesbania sesban, which is used in. Merrill is the most productive multipurpose tree widely. Sesbania mosaic virus smv decreased net respiration rate, gross productionunit leaf area and chlorophyll and carbohydrate content, but increased respiratory loss in sesbania sesban. The forage, wood and seed production of sixsesbania sesban accessions. Alley cropping sesbania sesban l merill with food crops in the. Compounds from sesbaniasesban flower petals exhibited a dose dependent free. Sesbania is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, fabaceae, and the only genus found in tribe sesbanieae.
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