Sesbania herbacea (syn. Sesbania exaltata) is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names bigpod sesbania, Colorado River-hemp, and coffeeweed. It is native to the United States, particularly the southeastern states, where it grows in moist environments. It can be found elsewhere as an introduced species. It is a woody herb growing to 3 meters or more in height. The leaves are made up of many pairs of oblong leaflets. The inflorescence is a small raceme of pealike flowers with yellow or purple-spotted petals.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Sesbania herbacea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Aminoacids1
Documented compounds1 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Canavanine
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding42 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Sesbania herbacea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens42
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections20
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Sesbania herbacea voucher F. T. Farruggia 1138 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK2★rbcL2★rbcLa★ITS1★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualSesbania herbacea carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Probatova, N. S. & A. P. Sokolovskaya. 1988. Chromosome numbers in vascular plants from Primorye Territory, the Amur River basin, north Koryakia, Kamchatka and Sakhalin. Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 73: 290–293.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 599≤1 km 438≤10 km 116>10 km 150
3 303 georeferenced · 810 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 113
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 337≤1 km 59≤10 km 58>10 km 12
466 georeferenced · 792 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 258
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions70 of 118 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Mexico City, MX
165
Saint Louis, US
145
Bronx, US
82
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
67
Tampa, US
60
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
59
Mérida, MX
49
Durango, MX
43
Riverside, US
32
Austin, US
30
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
29
ASUlocation not on record
24
Jackson, US
24
San Diego, US
24
Fort Worth, US
20
Wuzhou, CN
18
Chicago, US
17
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
16
Fayetteville, US
14
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
13
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
12
US
12
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
12
Tuscaloosa, US
12
Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record
10
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
10
Berlin, DE
9
Pittsburg, US
7
BAYLUlocation not on record
7
Phoenix, US
7
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
7
San José, CR
7
La Paz, MX
7
JBRJlocation not on record
6
Bloomington, US
6
Helsinki, FI
6
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
6
Columbia, US
6
Davis, US
6
Little Rock, US
6
Culiacán, MX
6
Kew, GB
6
Chapel Hill, US
6
Santa Barbara, US
6
EL PASO, US
5
León, NI
5
IECOSlocation not on record
5
Mazatlán, MX
4
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
4
Provo, US
4
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
4
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
3
MEXUlocation not on record
3
AUAlocation not on record
3
Autlán de Navarro, MX
3
Hermosillo, MX
3
Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record
3
GAlocation not on record
3
Ann Arbor, US
2
Brussel, BE
2
QCNElocation not on record
2
San Angelo, US
2
Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP
2
Conway, US
2
Loja, EC
2
Stephenville, US
2
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
2
Clemson, US
2
Tapachula, MX
2
Denton, US
2
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record
2
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
2
Sociedad Para el Estudio de los Recursos Bioticos de Oaxacalocation not on record
2
Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record
1
Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Wlocation not on record
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
Castelar, AR
1
San Luis Potosí, MX
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Bangkok, TH
1
Boise, US
1
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
1
Miami, US
1
Santarém, BR
1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
1
CASlocation not on record
1
BMlocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Salamanca, ES
1
Tempe, US
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas - Prof. Rafael M. Moscoso, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingolocation not on record
1
Juriquilla, MX
1
Williamsburg, US
1
Logan, US
1
Paris, FR
1
Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record
1
Claremont, US
1
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
1
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
1
Columbus State University Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record
1
Denver, US
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Aarhus, DK
1
New Mexico State Universitylocation not on record
1
Universidad de Guayaquillocation not on record
1
GB
1
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
1
Irvine, US
1
118 institutions · 1 243 of 1 258 vouchered records shown · 13 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA20 detections
Where the DNA of Sesbania herbacea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found20
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 20 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median24.9 °C 19.2–26.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.00 °C
Max temp (day)27.1 °C 24.4–28.8
Min temp (night)22.9 °C 15.0–23.7
Precipitation109 mm/mo 14.9–345
Air humidity63.9 % 59.4–71.3
Moisture balance-16.8 mm/mo -139–199
Vapour deficit1,034 Pa 861–1,173
Wind speed2.60 m/s 1.60–5.90
Cloud cover32.0 % 18.8–42.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 18 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 546 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI20 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics42 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗