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Sesbania grandiflora
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir. in Lam., Encycl. 7: 127. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 115. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 323(228). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 244. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 104. 1999; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 239. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 316. 2009.
Robinia grandiflora L., Sp. Pl. 722. 1753.
Agati grandiflora (L.) Desv., J. Bot. (Desv.) 3: 120. 1814.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Agathicheera, Agathi, Agasthi, Argathi, Basna, Rudramaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Basna, Humming bird tree, Sesban
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Description:
Small soft-wooded trees; up to 7 m tall; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 18-30 cm long; leaflets 12-25 pairs, 1.5-3.5 x 0.6-1.2 cm, oblong, base rounded, apex obtuse, emarginate, glabrous to appressed-pubescent on both surfaces, glaucous beneath; stipules 5-8 mm long, ovate. Racemes to 8 cm long, lax, 2-4-flowered. Flowers 7.5-10 cm long, pendulous; pedicels to 2 cm long; bracts and bracteoles 3-4 mm long, linear-oblong. Calyx 2-3 cm long, campanulate; lobes triangular. Corolla pink or white, 7.5 -10 cm long; standard to 10 x 6 cm, reflexed. Staminal sheath 3.5-6 cm long. Pods 30-45 cm long, 5-8 mm wide, slender, falcate or straight. Seeds c. 30, reddish-brown.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Cultivated and naturalised in Tropical Africa and Asia, probably native of Indonesia
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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):
Red, White
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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:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ollavayal, Cherthala
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