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Sesbania javanica
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Sesbania javanica Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 1: 228. 1855; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 239. 2009.
Aeschynomene paludosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 333. 1832.
Sesbania paludosa (Roxb.) Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 66: 82. 1897; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 323(228). 1918, non DC. 1825.
Sesbania aculeata (Willd.) Poir. var. paludosa (Roxb.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 115. 1876.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Daincha
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Dhaincha
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Description:
Erect annual subshrubs, to about 3 m tall; lower part of stem swollen and pith like. Leaves 11-25 cm long; leaflets 10-23 pairs, 1.5-3.2 x 0.4-0.7 cm, oblong, base cuneate, apex obtuse and apiculate, thinly hairy beneath; stipules lanceolate-caducous. Racemes lax, to 14 cm long, drooping. Flowers 2-2.6 cm long, yellow, fragrant; pedicels 0.8-1.5 cm long. Calyx 6-8 mm long, campanulate; lobes triangular. Standard to 2.2 x 1.8 cm, obovate, purple dotted; appendages triangular. Staminal sheath 1.5-1.8 cm long. Pods 18-26 cm long, linear, pendulous, somewhat twisted, slightly torulose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Bunds of paddy fields
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Distribution:
India
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Aquatic:
No
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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:
No
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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:
Thottappally, Mancombu
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