Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.Wight
| Synonym : | Sesbania aculeata (Willd.) Pers. Aeschynomene aculeata Schreb. Aeschynomene bispinosa Jacq. Aesc |
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| Bangla Name : | Dhounja,Dhaincha |
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| 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 |