Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Equisetopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Sesbania > S. bispinosa

Description: An erect, sparsely-branched annual shrub unto 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 diameter, straight or slightly curved with slightly indented margins, 35-40 seeded.

Flowering and Fruiting : July-December

Uses: The leaves and flowers are astringent. They are used in he treatment of inflammations, bacterial infections and tumour. They are prepared as poultices for external use or taken as a decoction for internal ailment .The seed, mixed with flour, is used to treat ringworm and other skin diseases and worms

Cultivation : Cultivated

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org