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Sesbania grandiflora is a leguminous tree of family Fabaceae.It is fast-growing and soft-wooded, and it grows to heights of 5–20 metres (16–66 feet). The leaves are regular and rounded, and grow to 15–30 cm (6–12 in) long, with leaflets in 10–20 pairs or more and an odd one.
As a legume these plants fix nitrogen in the soil for other plants to use. [2] Beetles and a wide variety of other insects are attracted to the flowers. [2] The leaves are heavily browsed by game animals. [2] [3] Dalbergia obovata is an important foodplant for Dassies . [2] These plants also provide food for birds. [2]
Flat beans are normally cooked, and served as the whole pods, the same way as other green beans. Like many other types of bean (see broad bean for example) they can also be dehusked or shelled , and the whitish seeds dried and stored, but there is no incentive to grow them for this purpose as higher-yielding bean varieties are available.
The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets). [1] The edge of the leaf may be regular or irregular, and may be smooth or have hair, bristles, or ...
1: Leaf development 1: 10: Pair of scale leaves visible (may be eaten or lost) 11: First leaf unfolded 12: 2 leaves unfolded 13: 3 leaves unfolded 1 . Stages continuous till ... 19: 9 or more leaves unfolded 2: Formation of side shoots 20: No side shoots 21: Beginning of side shoot development: first side shoot detectable 22: 2 side shoots ...
They may have one or multiple trunks with a multitude of branches. They have bipinnate leaflets of a light green to blue hue that cast a light to deep shade, depending on the species. Spikes of flowers form in spring and summer that form a flat pod of beans 5–15 centimetres (2–6 in) long. Many species form thorns.
Parkia speciosa, the bitter bean, twisted cluster bean, sator bean, stink bean, or petai is a plant of the genus Parkia in the family Fabaceae. It bears long, flat edible beans with bright green seeds the size and shape of plump almonds which have a rather peculiar smell, similar to, but stronger than that of the shiitake mushroom, due to ...
The tree is the sole source of food for the catalpa sphinx moth (Ceratomia catalpae), the leaves being eaten by the caterpillars. When caterpillars are numerous, infested trees may be completely defoliated. Defoliated catalpas produce new leaves readily, but with multiple generations occurring, new foliage may be consumed by subsequent broods.