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Sesbania tripettii

Sesbania tripettii
Scarlet Sesbania

Fast-growing (but short-lived) salt-tolerant flowering shrub or small tree to 10′. Foliage odd-pinnate, leaflets to 1″ long, in 12-15 pairs. Flowers pea-like, dark orange (sometimes with a yellow dot on standard), held in short, tight, drooping clusters.
Useful as a green manure plant.