| Synonym : | S. aegyptiaca Pers.
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| Bangla Name : | Kathsola, Dhaincha, Jayanti (Beng.). |
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| English Name : | Common Sesban, Egyptian Rattle Pod. |
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| Family : | Fabaceae |
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| Disease : | Stimulant, emmenagoguem, astringent, diarrhoea and , itches , skin diseases, anthelmintic,diabetes, colic, and catarrh. |
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| Description : | A small soft-wooded tree of rapid growth and brief duration, up to 4.5 m high. Leaves 7.5-15 cm long, paripinnate, leaflets 9-14 pairs, opposite, linear-oblong. Flowers 1.2-1.5 cm long, yellow, in lax-flowered axillary racemes, standard orbicular, spoted with purple on the back. Pod 15-23 cm long, linear, pendulous, twisted, slightly torulose, sharply beaked. |
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| Distribution : | Cultivated throughout the country. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Seeds contain fat, albuminoids, saponins and carbohydrates, galactomannan. Petroleum ether extracts of the seeds and roots yield the fatty acids, palmitic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acid and amino acids. The plant contains various types of lignans compo |
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| Uses : | The plant possesses galactagogue properties. Seeds are stimulant, emmenagogue and astringent, useful in checking diarrhoea and reducing enlargement of the spleen. It is used in the form of ointment to cure itches and other skin eruptions. Juice of the fre |
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| Habit : | Tree |
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