Sesbania transvaalensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is an annual subshrub or herb with yellow flowers. The fruits are pods. The species is native to southern Africa.
Sesbania transvaalensis was described in 1963, and is listed as of Least Concern by the IUCN.
Taxonomy The species was described by Jan Bevington Gillett in 1963.
Distribution Sesbania transvaalensis is native to the deserts and dry shrublands of South Africa (Free State and Northern Provinces) and Botswana. It grows in freshwater swamps.
Description Sesbania transvaalensis is an annual subshrub or herb. It grows to around tall.
The leaves are long, and have long stems. The leaflets are long, wide, oblong, and arranged into five to twenty pairs.
The inflorescence is a long raceme with five to seven flowers. The inflorescence stem is long. The calyx is long, wide, and has long teeth. The standard is suborbicular, long, wide, yellow, and has purple and red veins on the outer surface. The keel is long, wide, yellow, and has purple stripes.
The fruit is a long, wide pod, which may be slightly curved. The pod has seven to twelve seeds, which are around long, wide, thick, and brown, olive-green, or blackish in colour.
Conservation In 2005, the IUCN assessed Sesbania transvaalensis as of Least Concern. The species faces no major threats.
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