Sesbania grandiflora, common names vegetable hummingbird,[2] katurai, agati, and West Indian pea, is a leguminous tree of family Fabaceae native to Maritime Southeast Asia and Northern Australia.

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.

They are slender, falcate or straight, and 30–45 cm (12–18 in) long, with a thick suture, and each contains approximately thirty 8 mm (0.3 in) seeds.

It is native to Maritime Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei) to Northern Australia, and is cultivated in many parts of South India and Sri Lanka.

[5] The flowers of S. grandiflora are eaten as a vegetable in Southeast Asia,[6] including Java and Lombok in Indonesia, the Ilocos Region of the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.

The flowers are a part of the Bengali cuisine as they are battered and fried and the fritters are served with meals.