Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Sesbania grandiflora
Collector Name:
Kelsey Brock
Collection Date:
June 14, 2017
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Waimea District
Locality:
Kekaha, along an irrigation ditch near the intersection of Akialoa Rd and Kekaha Rd.
Plant Description:
Tree, approx 3 m with spreading crown; bark light brown, leaves dull bluish green and generally loosely clustered at branch tips; flowers with creamy white corollas on pendulous racemes; fruits slightly curved at tips, light green but turning yellow and eventually dull gray-brown upon senescence.
Phenology:
flowering/fruiting
Habitat:
In overgrown vegetation next to irrigation ditch; about 5 cultivated plants and approx 20 apparently naturalized individuals visible (both mature and sapling age classes) on both sides of the irrigation ditch.
Associated Species:
Leucaena leucocephala, Urochloa maxima
Date of Record Creation:
May 24, 2017
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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