Turi tree
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The turi tree ( Sesbania grandiflora ) is a species of plant from the subfamily of the butterflies (Faboideae) within the legume family (Fabaceae). It originally comes from India or Southeast Asia and is now also grown in Africa and the Caribbean . The turi tree only grows in humid and hot lowlands and cannot tolerate temperatures below 10 ° C.
description
The turi tree is a small, loosely branched, non-reinforced and fast-growing, semi-evergreen tree that reaches heights of growth of up to 8 to 15 meters and trunk diameters of 25 to 30 cm. The grayish, furrowed bark is thick and corky, partly with small plates. The tree carries an edible gum .
The short stalked leaves are only alternate at the branch ends, are 15 to 35 cm long and pinnate in pairs with 12 to 25 pairs of leaflets . The short-stalked, entire and almost bare leaflets are elongated to obscure-lanceolate, rounded to indented, 2 to 4.5 cm long and about 0.8–1.3 cm wide. Before the leaves are shed, they turn a light yellow color. There are some filamentous, very small minor leaflets. The stipules are sloping.
The few-flowered, axillary and racemose inflorescences contain two to five flowers. The very large, hermaphroditic, stalked and pendulous butterfly flowers are zygomorphic and up to 7–11 cm long. The petals are pink, red or white.
The hanging, beaked and non-opening, roughly straight to slightly curved, brown, flat legume is narrow, 25 to 55 cm long and contains about 15 to 50 seeds. The elliptical to kidney-shaped, smooth and flattened seed is red-brown, 4-6 mm in size and weighs about 0.05-0.075 g.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
use
The flowers are eaten as a vegetable, the young pods and leaves are also edible.
source
- Sesbania grandiflora from CABI Invasive Species Compendium.
- Sesbenia grandiflora at PROTA.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sesbania grandiflora at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Web links
- Sesbenia grandiflora at Useful Tropical Plants.
- Sesbenia grandiflora at Tropical Forages.