Sesbania mossambicensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a herb around high, with three to eight flowered inflorescences, and dark reddish-brown seeds. The species was described in 1861. It is native to Mozambique and Zambia.
Taxonomy The first description of the species, written by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, was published in 1861. In 1988, Gwilym Peter Lewis placed Sesbania mossambicensis as a synonym of Sesbania leptocarpa.
Distribution The species is native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of Mozambique and Zambia.
Description Sesbania mossambicensis is a herb around high. The leaves are long, and have stems. The plant has seven to thirty-three leaflets, which are yoke-like, oblong to oblong-linear, long, and have very short stems. The upper surfaces have minute black dots.
The inflorescence is long, and has three to eight flowers. The flower stems are long. The calyx is bell-shaped, long, wide, and has five dark brown bands. The keel is long, and wide.
The fruit is long, and resembles a string of beads. The seeds are dark reddish-brown, around long, and around wide. The seeds are oblong, and rounded at the ends.
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