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Sesbania bispinosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) Wight, U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. No. 137. 15. 1909; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 171. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 242. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 153. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 221. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 238. 2009.
Aeschynomene bispinosa Jacq., Ic. Pl. Rar. 3: 13. t. 564. 1793.
Sesbania aculeata (Willd.) Poir. in Lam., Encycl. 7: 128. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 114. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 323(228). 1918.
Coronilla aculeata Willd., Sp. Pl. 3:1147.1803.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kilannu, Kitamu, Daincha
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Prickly sesban, Dhaincha
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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 and c.2 mm in diam, straight or slightly curved with slightly indented margins, 35-40 seeded.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Marshy fields in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vazhachal, Karivara slopes, Pathirapally, Vadapuram
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