Register of Australian herbage plant cultivars. B. Legumes. 24. Sesban (a) Sesbania sesban (L.) Merrill (sesban) cv. Mount Cotton
Gutteridge, R.C.; Shelton, H.M.
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 35(4): 561
1995
Document Number: 384102
Mount Cotton was collected in Uganda and is a small shrub or tree up to 6 m in height. It branches well from the main stem (<10 cm in diameter). Leaves are 2-18 cm long, pinnately compound, with 6-27 pairs of linear oblong leaflets up to 26 by 5 mm. Mount Cotton has glabrous stems with red-brown coloration at the base with a larger number of branches from the base than is the species norm. Mount Cotton has proved outstanding in forage production trials at 5 locations in Queensland. Forage has high nutritive value with <28% crude protein content in the leaves and a high dry matter digestibility of 86%.