Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.Wight


Synonym : Sesbania aculeata (Willd.) Pers.
Aeschynomene aculeata Schreb.
Aeschynomene bispinosa Jacq.
Aesc
Bangla Name : Dhounja,Dhaincha
English Name :
Family : Fabaceae
Disease : Alexiteric, anthelmintic, diuretic, galactagogue, eye diseases, ringworm, skin diseases.
Description : An erect, sparsely-branched annual shrub upto 3 m tall; stems semi-woody; branches and leaf rachises more or less prickly. Leaves pinnate; rachis 15-35 cm long; stipules membranous, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 0.6-1 cm long; leaflets 10-50 pairs, linear-oblong, 0.5-2 cm long and 2-5 mm wide, apex obtuse, mucronate, base acute, glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers 1-1.3 cm long, borne on 3-6 flowered drooping racemes; peduncles slender; pedicels 6 mm long, filiform; calyx 3-4 mm long, membranous, glabrous, teeth deltoid, much shorter than the tube; corolla 10-13 mm long, yellow usually with red dots on the back of the glabrous standard. Fruit (pod) 15-23 cm long, straight or slightly curved with slightly indented margins, 35-40 seeded.
Distribution : The species occurs in the Wet fields.
Chemical Constituents : Gum in endosperm of seeds consists of galatose and mannose.
Uses : This plant is used in Alexiteric, anthelmintic, diuretic, galactagogue, eye diseases, ringworm, skin diseases
Habit : Shrub